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The General Assembly of the International Press Institute (IPI), Nigerian Chapter, has approved a constitution for its operations in the country.
The body said in a statement issued yesterday that the approval was given at a meeting of IPI held both virtually and physically and hosted by Daily Trust Newspapers on Tuesday in Abuja.
IPI- the global network for senior journalists, publishers, seasoned broadcasters and communication experts- is headquartered in Vienna, Austria and operates under a global constitution.
The Nigerian chapter, otherwise referred to as the Nigerian National Committee, has domesticated the IPI constitution to suit its environment.
Speaking on the concerns of rising electrical accidents in Nigeria, Mr Nagode said, “We were with NERC recently and NERC is equally concerned because of the level of accidents.”
He said NERC is working to ensure that operators of the private-led power firms adopted NAPTIN safety syllabus for training.
Another collaboration of the institute with NERC, the power sector regulator, is on metering which Nagode said NAPTIN was enabled to ensure the training of all meter installers.
The DG said NAPTIN trains power sector workers and fresh electrical and mechanical engineering graduates under the National Graduate Skills Development Programme (NGSDP).