Opinion: Marilyn Amobi and Nigeria’s Leadership Recruitment Challenge, By Zainab Suleiman Okino
On December 24, last year, Marilyn Amobi , the Managing Director of Nigeria Bulk Electricity Trading Plc got a rather upsetting Christmas gift. She was suspended from her office by the Minister of Power, Sale Mamman for high handedness and for constituting herself into a “clear and present threat to staff”.
However, apart from other innovations, Amobi was determined to bridge what she called the “skills and knowledge gap” she has identified in the sub-sector. All these set the stage for the clash and crisis that had dogged her intervention, then the suspension, and until Daniel came to judgment, in her favour though.
Clearly she had made her mark, but is Nigeria’s cut-throat elite competition for top jobs ready? Well, time will unravel our curiosity. Explaining further, Amobi said the corporate academy maximises resources by “developing our own institute where we do forensic data analysis, design courses that took staff in batches to some of the best energy schools in the world, such as Aarhus University, Denmark under the supervision of Erik Larsen; University of Lancaster to work with PhD students and University of Florida, all in a bid, and have indeed taken the outputs of staff to top notch”.
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