Enugu Disco Employs Fresh Graduates to Boost Service Delivery
As communities groan in darkness
As part of the efforts to boost service delivery to its esteemed customers in Enugu, Anambra, Imo, Abia and Ebonyi States, the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has employed fresh graduates into the second phase of its graduate trainee programme.
This is coming as communities in Udenu, Isi-Uzo and Igbo-Eze North Local Government Areas of Enugu State, which are under the company’s franchise area, have continued to groan in darkness, following the power outage that has persisted for nearly three months.
The company’s Head of Communications, Mr. Emeka Ezeh said in a statement at the weekend that the employment of the 35 graduates was also part of the company’s contribution towards job creation in the country.
Ezeh said the successful candidates who had already gone through the on-boarding process had been deployed to different sections of the company’s operations where they would be trained over a two-year period in all aspects of the company’s operations.
“The programme, which is patterned after some successful graduate traineeship programs, is a conscious initiative by the Management of EEDC to attract and develop the best and brightest young graduates from Universities within and outside the country.
These individuals will eventually assume key roles as they become available within the organisation, as part of EEDC’s business continuity and human capital development strategy,” he said.
Ezeh added that the training had been grouped in two tracks, stressing that the first track comprises of operations, Revenue Cycle Services (RCS), project management and engineering; while the second track comprises of finance, administration, ICT, procurement and human resources.
“The trainees will equally have a feel of Customer Service, Regulatory, Communications and Safety operations.
During the period of the training, each candidate is be assigned to a mentor who provides guidance as well as review their accomplishments and the challenges they may face in the course of their training period,” Ezeh added.
EEDC had in November 2016, launched this scheme with 20 graduate trainees who were successful after the very rigorous screening exercise.
In a related development, communities in Udenu, Isi-Uzo and Igbo-Eze North Local Government Areas of Enugu State, which are under the company’s franchise area, have continued to groan in darkness, following the power outage that has persisted for over two months.
All the communities in these three local government areas, including Eha-Amufu and Ikem in Isi-Uzo; Obollo –Eke, Obollo-Etiti, Obollo Afor and Orba in Udenu, as well as Enugu-Ezike in Igbo-Eze North have been in darkness, following what the company had described as an electrical fault in Eha-Amufu that was yet to be cleared as a result of the insecurity and attack experienced by the staff of the company in charge of these areas.
The company had explained that its staff going about their lawful duty were attacked and assaulted by over 300 youths of Eha-Amufu community on June 8, 2017.
According to the company, the mob destroyed equipment, furniture, as well as other work tools at the EEDC Service Centre in Eha-Amufu.
After the incident, the company made some demands, which include: an undertaking by the community, assuring and guaranteeing EEDC of the safety of its personnel to enable them move in and clear the fault; replacement of all the destroyed equipment and providing the youths that perpetrated the act.