Engineers of Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) have commenced
Shiroro-Kaduna line vandalization repairs to restore bulk power supply in the North.
Special Adviser, Public Communication and Orientation to President Bola Tinubu, Sunday Dare, confirmed the repairs.
On October 22, TCN reported a power outage in the north-east, north-west and parts of north-central after the 330 kV Ugwaji–Apir double circuit transmission lines 1 and 2 tripped around 4:53am “due to a fault”.
Apart from Niger and Kwara, 17 states in the North are without electricity supply in the last two weeks.
The worst affected are Kaduna, Kano, Jigawa, Gombe and Katsina, which have not had supply in the last two weeks.
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Others are Sokoto, Zamfara, Bauchi, Yobe, Borno, Adamawa, Taraba, Niger, Plateau, Nasarawa, Kogi and Benue.
Dare, on his x (formerly Twitter), said: “Shiroro-Kaduna Line Vandalization Repairs. This picture speaks. There is a massive ongoing effort to fix the lines and restore power to the affected areas.
“Since President Tinubu gave marching orders, efforts have tripled with constant briefings.
“We applaud the TCN Engineers up there for the risks they take and their national service.”