Nigeria-based Mainstream Energy Solutions Limited, through its Mainstream Academy, in collaboration with the North-East Development Commission (NEDC), has trained fifty people in an intensive Technical Development Programme.

The training empowered the participants with the required skills set to fill the manpower gaps in the power sector.

In a statement issued by Mainstream Energy Solutions, it explained that forty-six of the trainees had National Diploma- ND in Electrical Engineering while four had National Certificate of Education in Electrical Technology.

To prepare the beneficiaries with work experiences, the release noted that thirty of them were posted to various business units of Yola Electricity Distribution Company.

It also stated that the purpose for training the beneficiaries was to use them to help to rehabilitate the YEDC which is geared towards improving the quality of electricity in the four states of the North-East in the Adamawa, Borno, Taraba and Yobe service areas.

The company further expressed hope that partnerships between Mainstream Energy Solutions Limited and the North-East Development Commission would address the human capital development challenges of the area, as well as helping to fix the problems in the area of skills gap in the power sector.