The
dwindling of electricity supply within Abuja city is putting its residents on their toes to provide power for themselves rather than depending on Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) which power supply is at its ebb at this moment of the hot season .
For instance, statistics from the Centre for Management Development, had revealed that an estimated 60 million Nigerians spent about N1.6tn on generators annually due to the low output from from the power sector over the years.
However,the implication of this huge expenditure according to experts is that there are huge business opportunities in the repair and maintenance of generators,as adequate power supply is one of the Prerequisite to any nation development .
Abuja ,Nigeria Federal Capital is the nation brain box for policy development,implementation as well as enforcement,with the above position ,it is expected that,the capital city will be freed of every factors bedeviling power supply in the country compared to the rest of the state but that is not the case.
Jabi mechanic village is a sub-hub in the nation capital,where all kind of automotive repair is carried on,and also serves as a depot for new and fairly used heavy duties generators sets both for rent and sale for Nigerians that cannot afford the new brands sets.
Within the last few weekends,Abuja residents were seen here in their numbers trying to fixed their generating sets while those that re having occasions and they re not too sure of having power supply from AEDC were here also to rent generators set for their events..
From indications,it seem the power supply in the city is getting worse and with hot seasons in the corner ,Nigerians have decided to be their own NEPA for themselves without minding even the high cost of diesel price in the economic crouch.
Here,you met Nigerians artisans locally called generators engineers or mechanics who are specialists in the repair and service of all kind of your generators set such as Siemens,ABB,Schneider,Raycham Philip and KNX
The activities here remind one of Ogba, Ikeja services station of Maikano in Lagos state,the commercials nerve of the country,the Jabi Mechanic village provides you a workable place to resolve all your auto mechanics challenges with less amount compared to their competitors in the formal setting .
Apart from service rendered by these Nigerians entrepreneur,the Jabi generators village is becoming a hubs to trained young Nigerians in automotive mechanical repairs as well as many other skills in the automobile industry’s.
Most youths working here are students who prefer to have their intensive training done here due to the practical experience with their boss.here ,it is the type of apprenticeship that technical skills are passed directly from the master to their wards.
It was gathered that about fifty to hundred of such persons from the polytechnic and under graduates are here doing their practicals
Emmanuel Adeyemi is one of such persons,according him he is student of one the federal polytechnic in the north and he is here for a six months SWISS program. Asked why he choose to do his intensive here,he say ,”it is the practicality of learning here,here,everything you are thought in school,you see it been physically demonstrated here and since I came here I want to say it has help me in the understanding of my courses.
Many like Emmanuel are enjoying the benefits of this hub crated by young spirited Nigerians local mechanics whose expertise is sort more than the trained engineers from our colleges.
Although their business is not without challenges,as the constant chase by the team of Federal capital development authorities (FCDA) personnel’s had pushed some of their business to collapse even as the authorities promised to provide them a permanent site over the years has not seen the light of the days.
Mayowa Oni Is the owner of Prince Global Technical works Services who also operates within the Jabi Mechanic village,a sole entrepreneur with over fifteen apprenticeships and trainees in his workshop,
A dependable generators repair services provider whose business has witnessed a lot of patronage among the Abuja residents over the years,
I sort to know what is keeping his business floating and if he has enjoyed any patronage from any agency of the government for the training he is providing for the young Nigerians,
According to Mr Oni,I don’t think I have enjoyed anything of such from the government,as I speak,we have trained about fifty apprenticeship in the past five years and still counting.
Our challenges is the seasonal treat by this scavenger around our area and the exploitation by some government agencies not minding the service we are providing,so I think,we will be happy if at all government can come to help.
Mr Oni reiterated government failure to provide them enabling environment and say they are passing through many challenges since they are all by themselves
Mr. Mayowa enterprise is witnessing a robust patronage’s as his clients includes notable brands in Abuja like the Chelsea and Agura hotels in the hospitality industries and many private construction companies.
Many like Mr Maiyewa are contributing positively to the economy development of this country using their hard end skills which they are hardly recognized.it will be fine ,if the National Directorate of Empowerment(NDE) will do more by tracking these type of people and partners with them for greater skills development.
For Mr James Oteyi is also auto Mechanic for almost fifteen years,he want the Federal Capital development authorities (FCDA) to provide them a pernanent site just like the Delta state government has built a Mechanic auto park in Asaba with the help of Private Partnerships Program (PPP) so that a common Nigerian can own a workshop here in Abuja.
According to Oteyi,the constant hassement been faced by the them can reduce if the government will fulfill its promises to them of the site allocations they had promised them in the years past.
For Mr Kayode Ayeni is a nozzle Injector specialist,he believes the government have a lots to do in promoting SMEs in the country.he is of the opinion that if government can also give them their permanent site,the association will be expand on it SME because all the students that re coming for training here will now have a formal ways of their engage men and that will go a long in boosting the skills capacity of the youths in the country.
He called on the federal government to fixed the power sector in other to boost business in the country.
The Jabi Mechanic village is a cluster of different artisans within the city center that are providing essentials services to the residents of the Abuja.
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