The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Engr. Dr. Sule Abdulaziz has stressed the need to build a robust, knowledgeable, and skilled workforce for optimum performance in the Company.

The MD/CEO gave this charge at the inauguration of TCN HR Learning Hub, through the Executive Director, of Human Resources and Corporate Services, Barrister Justin Ishaya Dodo who represented him at the event.

He stressed that TCN has consistently made strategic plans to improve staff quality and take the Company to the next level. According to him, staff must have a standard understanding and uniform interpretation of what ought to be done and how it should be done, to help the organization harness and develop the capacity of the entire personnel of TCN towards the achievement of its corporate goal.  

He also disclosed that the initiative was a commendable way to ensure that the workforce of TCN has a sound professional foundation and that it is brought up to speed on emerging issues and evolving best practices in human resource management.

Also commending the initiative, the Executive Director, Independent System Operation, Engr. Mamman Lawal noted that learning to understand was critical for every TCN staff. In his words; “You will agree with me that learning is a continues development exercise, you really never stop learning. therefore, we have to take advantage of this opportunity and make the best of it. You are the champions of the learning process and you have to take it with all seriousness.”

In his capacity as the Executive Director, Human Resources and Corporate Services, Barrister Justin Dodo, disclosed that the Company commenced the special learning initiative as part of its commitment to reform the Human Resource Department. “In an attempt to take HR to greater heights which is what this program aims to achieve, it is imperative to get back into professionalism. I believe that this first batch of 25 staff that we are starting with, will attain professional status before the end of the program starting with registering with the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management (CIPM). Another thing that gives me joy about what is happening today is that we are going back to those things that made us HR Department; where we will completely perform our conventional role in the Company professionally when called upon” he said.

In her presentation during the inauguration ceremony, the Assistant General Manager Learning, Performance and Training, Mrs Raheema Nyako, highlighted the objectives of the HR learning hub which include, but not limited to, complete overhaul of HR staff with focus on correcting systemic anomalies in order to upscale staff productivity, effectiveness and efficiency. In her words, “We aim to achieve success within a short time, and create an environment where innovation thrives. We also want to venture into partnerships that will work. There is opportunity for staff to display their talent and ingenuities. Finally, we want to be more professional and work more efficiently as a team”, she said.