November 11, 2024

Just in: TCN restores electricity to seven northern Nigerian states after days of complete darkness

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The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced the partial restoration of electricity to seven northern states affected by the vandalism of the Shiroro-Kaduna transmission line.

The states benefiting from the partial restoration are Lafia, Makurdi, Jos, Kaduna, Kano, Bauchi, and Gombe.

Power was restored at 4:56 pm following repairs to the 330kV Ugwuaji-Apir transmission line 1, ending a nine-day blackout in the region.

The development comes after a fault on October 22 caused a power outage in the North-East, North-West, and parts of North-Central, affecting the 330 kV Ugwaji-Apir double circuit transmission lines 1 and 2.

Ndidi Mbah, General Manager of Public Affairs at TCN, confirmed the restoration in a statement released on Wednesday.

The statement read in part, “The Transmission Company of Nigeria has successfully restored bulk power supply through its 330kV Ugwuaji-Apir transmission line 1 as of 4:56 pm today, following the completion of repairs on the vandalized section of the line.

“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.”

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