Thirty-six employees of the Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC) have completed a two-week “intensive training” in Nigeria in several professional areas, to enhance productivity of the corporation . The training was held under the West African Power Pool (WAPP)-USAID Capacity Building Program, provided by the National Power Training Institute of Nigeria (NAPTIN). In this regard, LEC submitted a list of the 36 employees. The 36 personnel were trained in power transmission network and sub-station operations, maintenance, power distribution network and repairs, power system commercialization, power generation operations and maintenance, power distribution network design and operations, as well as power system planning and environmental safeguard guidance. Dr. John Gorlorwulu, USAID-Liberia Incoming Economic Growth Office Director, spoke of how important the power sector was to national development.

Source: Daily Observer April 20, 2018 02:33 UTC