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NAPTIN ends...Transmission sector offers the jobs to other Electrical Engineers.

Phew! I almost said. Why did I want the job anyway? why did I feel left out? Not like I loved the transmission way past the other sector. To be true, the transmission has been the most boring of all. Wheeling out power form the generation plants to the distribution companies without some form of automation involved has been 'dry'. I wasn't enthusiastic about the whole parade when I had a stint there for two weeks.

Then my question again. why did I feel left out that I wasn't taken? Could it be that I felt if anyone was to be taken in Kogi state, that I had to be the one? Was I better than the others? Did I know what they had gone through, their experiences and education? What was special about me?   Did I feel my life so far in the Electrical sector was going to suffice the requirements for working there?

The question I answered and couldn't answer as I discovered that text messages had been sent to successful North Central candidates in the 2013 TCN interviews.  

I'm happy I wasn't called in a way. And I'm unhappy I wasn't called in another way.

It's been a dream to be instrumental in restoring or adding the power required by the country. When I think of it again, I want to play while I work. Experiencing what work in the power sector could be for me in life I realise it's going be a serious business without the fun I expected except if the private investors make changes to the whole power business.

Why don't I just keep solving problems like I have always been doing in my head? only this time, I get to bring it all to the open for people to benefit and 'pay' also.

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