The Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo, the abysmal performance of the power sector is due to its large number of incapacitated workers.
Speaking in Abuja during the commencement of the training of 7,400 craftsmen, linesmen and electricity artisans under the National Power Sector Apprentice Scheme, Prof. Nebo said when he assumed duty as the Power minister, he discovered a near hopeless situation in the technical side of the sector “with over 16 years of non-engagement of engineers, dying, sick and incapacitated workers that existed in the sector, with no hope of being replaced by competent hands.”
He said the NAPSAS was conceived as a matter of necessity, stressing that the scheme would help bridge the technical gap in the sector’s workforce.
Nebo said, “The implication of this ugly development is that we will be handing over to the private sector a totally deficient and incapacitated workforce that cannot deliver on the mandate handed down to us by Mr. President for us to ensure uninterrupted power supply nationwide.
According to National Reformer Newspaper, President Goodluck Jonathan is expected inaugurate the scheme today at the Presidential Villa.
