The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced the restoration of electricity supply to several parts of Northern Nigeria after a prolonged blackout.
This outage, which began over two weeks ago on October 21, affected numerous communities and was caused by the vandalism of a major transmission line by insurgents. Following repairs, TCN confirmed on Wednesday that power is now flowing to key areas in the North.
In a statement, Ndidi Mbah, TCN’s spokesperson, shared that the affected areas, including Lafia, Makurdi, Jos, Kaduna, Kano, Bauchi, and Gombe, received bulk electricity supply again at approximately 4:56 p.m. on Wednesday. The restoration was achieved after TCN engineers completed repairs on the first of two damaged lines, the 330kV Ugwuaji-Apir transmission line.
“The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) 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, & Gombe States.
“As restoration efforts continue, with the TCN engineering team preparing to commence work on the second 330kV transmission line. All necessary materials 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.
“In the meantime, teams of linesmen will re-patrol the 330kV line 2 to ensure that no other sections are impacted as the repair works progress,” TCN stated.
