GE Nigerian technicians to undergo training in Brazil

The young Nigerians, most of whom are just fresh from school, departed Nigeria over the weekend for the one-month training.

President and CEO of GE Nigeria, Dr Lazarus Angbazo, also disclosed that over the next months, the team will proceed to Aberdeen for the next phase of training in GE's Bridge of Don manufacturing facility where they will receive further hands-on exposure to subsea equipment manufacturing activities. "The trainees include three manufacturing engineers and twelve technicians who will form the core team for assembly and testing of subsea equipment. GE is investing approximately $3.6m in the training and development of these employees."

Rigorous training

The GE Nigeria boss disclosed that since their recruitment in April, all 15 trainees have been engaged in rigorous training programmes which include the GE new employee orientation training, a 90 day assimilation training programme in GE's Port Harcourt office and workshops trainings at the Onne facility.

These trainings are geared towards providing a pipeline of talents and resources for GE's manufacturing and assembly facility in Calabar. GE has already announced a $1bn investment - $250m of which is earmarked for the capital expenditure on the facility alone. When completed, this will make Nigeria a manufacturing and assembly hub for oil and gas and power across West Africa and beyond.