TCN Restores Power Supply In Some Northern States

Following the completion of repairs on the vandalized section of the line, The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) reports that it had been able to restore bulk power supply to its 330kV Ugwuaji-Apir transmission line 1 as of 4:56 pm on Wednesday.

This was made public on Wednesday in a statement released by the TCN’s spokesperson, Ndidi Mbah, and made available to Channels Television.

“With the restoration of this line, the Apir-Lafia 330kV transmission line 2 is now operational, also, bulk power transmission has been restored to Lafia, Makurdi, Jos, Kaduna, Kano, Bauchi, and Gombe States.

With the TCN engineering team getting ready to start work on the second 330kV transmission line, restoration efforts will continue. The statement read in part, “All the necessary materials are on hand for the repairs are on hand, and work will begin as soon as the site is secured for the safety of our personnel to the affected sections of the vandalized 330kV transmission line two,” the statement read in part.

It stated that while the repair works are in progress, teams of linemen will re-patrol the 330kV line 2 to make sure no other sections are impacted.

We appreciate your patience and understanding as our engineers diligently restore the 330kV transmission line 2. TCN is dedicated to ensuring that this line is quickly repaired, increasing the bulk power to the affected area by the incident, “it added.

For more than a week, the northern region hasn’t had electricity. The 330kV circuit transmission line between Benue and Enugu allegedly tripped off, leading to the outage.

Source: Channels TV