Ikeja Electricity Distribution company  (IKEDC) said it has employed 603 employees between January 2015 and February 2016 and 74 workers have also been promoted. The company said it did that in keeping with its commitment to drive service excellence through robust human capital profiling and development

The company’s Head of Corporate Communications, Mr. Felix Ofulue also pointed out that 74 others were promoted across different functions of the business as part of the company’s drive to ensure that it has a pool of competent and capable resources to manage modern trends in efficient power distribution and seamless service delivery.

According to him, “there was an ongoing recruitment of young engineering graduates to enhance sustainability of the business, whilst creating a platform for grooming future leaders of the sector. “The promotions and additions are part of the company’s drive to ensure that it has a pool of competent and capable resources to manage the legacy challenges the company is currently facing and also to position it as the provider of choice wherever energy is consumed. “At Ikeja Electric, we place a high premium on human capital development as a vital component of driving its commitment to providing the best possible service to customers within its network.”

Ofulue revealed that 229 employees of the company were affected in the disengagement exercise after they failed to meet the required parameters for the company’s performance assessments and were deemed to be performing below mandatory performance objectives.