Kaduna Electric Begins Recruitment Exercise

Kaduna Electric has begun a recruitment exercise that will see the creation of over 15,000 direct and indirect jobs, a statement issued by the company has said.

The statement signed by the head of Corporate Communication, Abdulazeez Abdullahi, said the exercise which kicked off at the weekend with an aptitude test for all existing staff of the company who applied for the various jobs available held simultaneously in Kaduna, Gusau, Sokoto and Birnin Kebbi.

The staff of the company who had already been disengaged and paid their severance packages under the terms of the sale of the company by the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), had been given a six months contract employment, which would expire at the end of this month.

They were however encouraged to reapply in order to give opportunity to deserving ones to be reengaged to bolster the new workforce of the company. Over 3,000 staff sat for the aptitude test in the four centres.

The statement further said successful candidates would be invited for a first and second stage interview along with external candidates whose aptitude test date would soon be announced.

It added that the company had put in place a mechanism to ensure the exercise is transparent and only the best candidates are selected.

It said in order to deliver on its mandate of efficient delivery of electricity to its customers, it needs a young and dynamic workforce hence the recruitment exercise.