Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, has formally commissioned the Lagos Energy Academy, to groom electricity professionals while inducting the first batch of its students.
The governor said, “This first key step will herald the training of many batches of power engineers and artisans who will provide the necessary human capital for lighting Lagos and Nigeria.”
He stated that the academy would provide training for young people to become technicians and electrical engineers and provide training in generation, transmission and distribution.
Fashola explained that there are modules on simulated sub-station as well as transformers and all sorts of learning equipment and tools in the Academy situated at the Lagos State Electricity Board, LSEB complex, GRA, Ikeja.
Fashola said, “The biggest needs of this society today is power, and as the Discos (distribution companies) are taking position, they are going to need men and women, boys and girls who will provide the manpower the knowledge. And this is where we have decided to invest; to connect these young people to jobs that are waiting to be taken so that they do not continue to complain about unemployment.
“So, we have taken them from all levels, from vocational centres, technical colleges and through our schools systems to give them a chance to start out a new career in power sector in Lagos.”
“We believe that over the years, there is a possibility to produce as many as 200,000 graduates who would have Siemens certification to be able to work anywhere.
“We are also partnering with a meter manufacturing company which is training them on how to diagnose faults in meters – the old analogue meters, the digital meters, the card meters. So they are able to render service in terms of power generation, transmission and distribution and all other challenges.”
Mainland IPP
Speaking on the Mainland Independent Power Project, Fashola said it would be the sixth IPP that the state will be completing, and is currently going through the pre-commissioning testing.
He said that the project will be commissioned before October ends, adding that it is designed to supply power to Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, the High Court, the Lagos State Police Command, and other public institutions in Ikeja axis.
Speaking on the opportunities available for people from other states, the Governor said there is always room to take on people from other states if they meet the pre-qualification tests.
“You can’t just walk in here. You have to satisfy basic literacy competence and knowledge and quantitative test to get people in. At the first application we had about 200 people, only about 90 passed at that time, but I don’t have final details of how many finally qualified. But it is very serious business because the certificate you would be getting is a global certificate from a brand like Siemens,” he explained.
Culled from- http://www.vanguardngr.com
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