By ABAH SUNDAY, Abuja
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says it has restored bulk power supply in the North-East.
According to a statement issued on Tuesday by the TCN’s General Manager, Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, the wheeling of power to the zone which commenced on Monday at 9:37 pm followed the restoration of the Jos-Gombe 330kV Single Circuit Transmission line.
“The line now wheels normal load allocation from the National Control Center (NCC) to transmission substations in the North East and to distribution load centers for Kano and Jos DisCos to offtake and distribute to its customers in the North-East.
“We are thankful of every assistance rendered by the governors in the North East and patience displayed by all the affected electricity consumers. Our gratitude also goes to the security operatives who always escorted our contractor and staff to the sites of the incidents as well as the contractor and TCN engineers who quickly mobilized to site at a very short notice.
“TCN is by this release, appealing to residents in communities hosting or close to power installations to be vigilant, and to report any act or suspicion of vandalism to security operatives. This would help us quickly arrest the situation, so as to preserve our power transmission towers and lines nationwide,” TCN said.
TCN originally set a timeline of 27 May to restore supply to the zone which has been in darkness for the past one month due to vandalisation of four towers and transmission lines, but witnessed another setback when the fourth tower collapsed during reconstruction and restringing by engineers, and additional towers and lines were vandalised in the area.
The company had earlier announced the completion of work on the vandalised towers.