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1Alex:
is your training pure on EV?

1Alex:
For some time now, I have been trying to get serious training in Electric Vehicle (EV) diagnostics and, more importantly, high-voltage battery maintenance.

I am not looking for a two-day seminar where someone explains what an EV is, shows participants a battery and hands them a certificate. My interest is very specific. I want proper practical training in EV diagnostics, high-voltage safety, battery diagnostics, Battery Management Systems (BMS), battery pack dismantling and rebuilding, and fault finding.

I am a civil servant, and I know retirement will come one day. I want to acquire a practical technical skill that I can develop into a second career when that time comes.

The journey has been surprisingly frustrating.

I started by looking for training providers in Nigeria. One of the first organisations I investigated was AutoClinic. I initially became interested in their Ibadan EV training because the information I saw suggested that it was largely practical.

I sent emails.

Then I sent more emails.

I sent countless emails and received no response.

Eventually, I had to start making phone calls. That was when I discovered that the Ibadan centre did not actually offer the EV training I was looking for. I was eventually directed to their Abuja centre.

The Abuja centre was willing to provide high-voltage battery maintenance training and sent me its course information. The cost was around ₦1.3 million.

However, after studying the course content carefully, I was not completely satisfied that it matched the type of specialist training I wanted. I am not interested in spending more than ₦1 million simply because I am desperate to get trained.

So I started looking outside Nigeria.

India became interesting because EV training there appeared considerably cheaper. I investigated several training providers, including DIYguru, and went through several rounds of communication and price negotiations. At one point, the price came down to around $1,000.

But again, I had concerns about the practical component, the payment arrangement and exactly what I would be getting for my money. I wanted to verify everything before committing my money, even going as far as contacting the relevant Indian authorities.

I continued searching.

Then I thought that before spending money to travel abroad, I should exhaust the opportunities available in Nigeria, especially because the Nigerian government has been talking about electric vehicles and the need to develop local technical skills.

That brought me to the National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC) and the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE).

I discovered that Nigeria actually has National Occupational Standards for the operation and maintenance of electric vehicles. The National Board for Technical Education's database lists Electric Vehicles Levels 1, 2, 3 and 4, while its Technical and Vocational Education and Training application system lists Operation and Maintenance of Electric Vehicles as a training area.

This gave me some hope.

I also found out that the National Automotive Design and Development Council has an Automotive Training Centre in Ikorodu, Lagos.

Since I am in Lagos, I contacted the Ikorodu centre.

Unfortunately, I was told that they do not offer EV training.

That was disappointing, but I decided to move on to the National Board for Technical Education because it is the federal agency responsible for regulating Technical and Vocational Education and Training institutions in Nigeria. Its Department of Vocational, Technical and Skills Development is responsible for areas including technical trades, national skills qualifications and skills centres.

I found a telephone number for the National Board for Technical Education and called.

The first number responded that the number was "not in existence."

I found another number and called.

The response was "I am not allowed to call the number."

I found a National Board for Technical Education SERVICOM number and called.

The response was "the called number doesn't have the facility to receive calls."

At that point, I honestly did not know whether to laugh or get angry.

This is the part of trying to acquire new technical skills in Nigeria that is extremely frustrating.

On paper, we have the policies.

We have the programmes.

We have the National Occupational Standards.

We have government agencies responsible for technical education.

We have institutions listed as having approved programmes.

Nigeria even has an official EV training framework that goes as far as Level 4.

But when an ordinary Nigerian who genuinely wants to acquire the skill tries to find out where he can actually register for practical training, the process becomes unnecessarily difficult.

You send emails and receive no response.

You call telephone numbers and they don't work.

You call another number and you are told you are not allowed to call it.

You call another government contact and you are told that the number cannot receive calls.

How are we supposed to develop a technically skilled workforce this way?

I am not asking the government to give me a job.

I am not asking for millions of naira.

I am simply trying to find out where I can obtain proper practical EV training in Nigeria.

I have also completed training in cybersecurity because I have been trying to prepare myself for the future. But competing with young boys and girls for internship positions in cybersecurity is not funny.

You complete the training, obtain certificates and then discover that many entry-level opportunities expect you to start from the bottom and compete with much younger people who can spend several years building their careers.

That is one reason I am seriously considering EV technology. I want to acquire a practical skill where my existing work experience, maturity and ability to learn can still be useful.

I am willing to learn.

I am willing to pay for good training.

I am willing to start from the basics where necessary.

But there has to be a clear pathway to the training.

We keep hearing that electric vehicles are the future. We hear about the need to prepare Nigerian technicians for the transition from internal-combustion vehicles to electric vehicles. We hear about developing local technical capacity.

But someone who genuinely wants to acquire the skill can spend weeks simply trying to find out where the training is actually taking place.

My biggest frustration is not even the cost anymore.

It is the difficulty in getting reliable information from the institutions that are supposed to provide that information.

If a government agency does not offer the training, that is understandable. Simply tell the person where the training is available.

If the programme is only available in another state, tell the person.

If the person is not eligible, explain the requirements.

If there is no funding, say so.

But leaving people to send countless unanswered emails and call telephone numbers that don't work is extremely discouraging.

Maybe someone on Nairaland knows something I don't know.

I am looking for serious, practical EV training in Nigeria, particularly training that covers high-voltage systems, battery diagnostics, Battery Management Systems (BMS), EV fault diagnosis and, eventually, battery repair and rebuilding.

Not a seminar.

Not just theory.

Not a two-day introduction to EVs.

I mean genuine hands-on technical training.

If anyone knows an institution currently offering this type of training, please share.

At this point, I am ready to explore any credible option.

Because honestly, this journey has been frustrating enough.

Smithkafors:
So the post is what?… for tribalist without any purpose.

I am trying to understand the post.

You guys are really something else. Someone highlighted how poorly we performed in Olympics but the only thing you guys did was to criticise him. No one cares how things are going badly.

Can you post the various pics of PO supporting Nigerian teams.

He who comes to equity must come with clean hands.

Obi crying foul when in fact he had played foul himself.

JoeEeL:
I was hesitant replying u the first time cos my 6th sense told me so.

Anyway, it's simple: I pray that the reality will happen to you or someone very close to you, t'ase t'ase, t'omo t'omo. Ase gun, oro de te le. Ase ase ase.

Try to remember this comment when it happens.

JoeEeL:
Your land and life.

Ezeama400:
Congrats to SW...

If a SW person accuse you of something, watch closely, he's very guilty of it ...

Any wrong projection on others means they are on top of such act

oliverano:
Both could be true but it's not really about the bible right now.

Zidane's son, Enzo breathe football too, but didn't make it big. Maradona too, Ronaldinho too. They all have kids and they all play football yet nothing come out.

For Yamal, it's about motivation, talent, grace amd the zeal to emulate who touched him as a kid. I'm sure growing up, yamal was told that he was touched by Messi so it's like an extra motivation.

Grace is part of it because the Barca team of 007 was filed with superstars and they all touched a kid that year along with Messi yet nothing come out aside Yamal.

Ronaldinho, Deco, Xavi, Marquez, Iniesta, Guily, Valdez, Puyol, Etoo to mention a few all touched a kid during this exercise in 2007, why only yamal?

Ronaldinho, Etoo and to some extent Deco were bigger players than Messi in 007, where are the kids that they touched? I'm pretty sure they touched a kid just like Messi did!

YoungLionken:
For this life pray for grace. Small boy don turn big name because of privileged association with Messi ..

Some of una, even if make them declare una missing, nobody go still know !!!

JoeEeL:
Be speakING English. You think they really care about cow business??

Kobojunkie:
It is the same "American style" that is used in most asian countries and much of Europe. But I knew it was not a solution that you were interested in at all. You just wish to assert your foolishness above all else.... Kwantinue!

Kobojunkie:
Solution to open grazing, you ask. Did you know that most countries in the world including the United States already have solutions to this? You never hear of classes between farmers, property owners, and cattle herders in those countries because those solutions work very well and can easily and seamlessly be copied by Nigeria.

WizardOfNG:
God bless you. What the poster you responded to does not understand is the concept of how positive feedback encourages greater productivity.

Herders are stubborn because most are illiterates who do not know anything else other than the outdated pastoralist method of herding they believe is their only option.

With Tinubu's clever concession they will be exposed to new and modern training and ranching methods for rearing livestock that will make many Northerners rich through the lengthy value chain which will accompany Netherlands-style livestock farming.

Once the benefit of greater profit, more education/training plus more societal respect and commendation for Northern livestock farmers begins to resonate throughout Nigeria then they will be encouraged to do more and better. Open grazing will then naturally die.

Most people can change for the better but it is sometimes necessary to cajole them to change by introducing them to new and more effective ways of doing things.

Crucial to remember that an illiterate left to his own device, and not shown how to do thing in a better way, may do thing the same backward way he has done so since age 11 all the way to when he dies at age 90.

What Tinubu is doing is what visionary reformers do. They initiate new and better ways of doing things that then becomes the progressive norm for society.

Kobojunkie:
Stop yapping nonsense! Tamed how? Bringing their cattle in by train only means increased access to southern states for whatever destruction and damage they wish to inflict. Nothing of this will stop them from damaging farms and ending lives for their cause. Open your brain up abeg!

ItsTutsi:
Lol na you get time for those imbeciles! There is no difference between this and Ruga Buhari wanted to implement, just different name

The ministry will provide land for ranching, but because it’s a southern president now, expect it to sail through effortlessly

MasterTeeUSA:
Tamed as how...they got exactly what they wanted. The Myetti Allah called for this weeks ago. They want the govt to assign funds to the Ministry, invest in land acquisition or work with the Govs, build the ranches and set up the system, then they will use it. They dont want to do all these or take on the Govs. I am sure that is their positon. Every year now, funds will be assigned to this Ministry for them to use. Like farmers, if they lose cattles, they wil want compensation, subsidy for feeds like fertilizers, subsidy for veterinary care and so on. The North won.

psucc:
No Mc Oluomu
No Yakubu
No Ariwoola
No Technical glitch

When will we get it right in Nigeria?

Elusive001:
You don't understand what this means, implies and demonstrates in leadership. You only know of slave masters and not selfless leadership and service.

PresidObi:
Yes, because the amount of Federal government investments sunk into Lagos since the time it was federal capital is still making money for it. That is why they fight everytime to keep the ports the only functional one in the country.

If you doubt me, why is Ogun state doing so badly in comparison, what about Ondo, Osun and Ekiti? Let them develop like Lagos and we will know he made a good move in Lagos.

Lagos is nothing without the investments we made there. Tankio

Hemoviye:
Nigeria is currently experiencing its worst economic crisis in a generation, with the value of the naira depreciating by more than 200% against the dollar in the past 12 months.

WakeUpNigerians:
Rubbish! What about yourself?

Sack yourself first

VeeVeeMyLuv:
Okay granted I admit the fact that it has nothing to do with the topic at hand. My apologies 🙏

But whichever way you look at it, this American thread is of less importance to Nigerians than my post, the contents of my post have far great impact on the lives of Nigerians, that's what they should be bothered about.

Thank you

hammer567:
Look, violence against women is a very evil act.


A part of me want him him jail but i guess Diddy gave us too many hits and that is clouding my better Judgement.


Nobody should ever be treated like that, no matter what.


If u give me this case, will I jail Diddy?


I will settle out of court for them.

descarado:
It is still useless.
With all the rituals and spiritual, we are still the poorest nation on surface earth. Who placenta epp?

hammer567:
Diddy is godfather to artist but somebody approved his recoord label and giving him endorsement.


Think about Kanye West and what they did to him.


The same people are dealing with Diddy.


Somebody want him out of the way, after he tried to climb to their level.


This is white supremacy taking his Black ass out.

VeeVeeMyLuv:
Your responses are not dignifying
There's no dignity in your response

I am not an obidient by the way
I don't bloody care or support any Nigeria politicians

I am for good governance.

Stop arguing with me go and argue with IMF for making these projections and predictions. I am not the one responsible for the shrinkage & tanking of the Nigerian economy (GDP) under His Excellency watch.

Argue with facts not insults as a civilized human being

VeeVeeMyLuv:
"If we reduce the purchasing power of the people, we can further slow down the economy." can you imagine? Is this man okay upstairs? You want to slow down a 3rd World economy like Nigeria that is still underdeveloping? Are you okay?

Now IMF Forecasted NIGERIA GDP to tank to around $253 this year that we are presently.

Based on IMF's estimates, Nigeria's GDP in US Dollars declined from $477 billion in 2022, to $375 billion in 2023, it is estimated to drop to $253 billion in 2024.

What a disastrous performance

dailybuzzng:
https://sunnewsonline.com/celebrations-as-philanthropist-kenneth-ifekudu-empowers-anambra-indigenes-with-mini-trucks/