The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has
said recent disruption in supply of electricity across the country was
occasioned by a major collapse of the transmission grid.
The TCN in a statement by its General Manager,
Public Affairs, Mr. Dave Ifabiyi stated that a fault had occurred on a major
transmission line running from Benin-City, Edo State to Lagos through Osogbo,
Osun State which resulted in the shutdown of the Egbin, Omotosho and Olorunsogo
power stations respectively.
While extending apologies to electricity
consumers across the country, it explained that the development resulted in
nationwide blackout which occurred on May 24.
He, however, noted that recovery efforts by the
company’s engineers to rectify the fault as well as bring up the system had
begun but will take some time due to the magnitude of the incident.
Although power supply had not been fully restored
in pockets of areas within some states, the company, however, assured Nigerians
that it expects that the system would be fully recovered by the end of
yesterday, adding that a separate incident had seen three of its transmission
towers damaged by rain storm, in the North-western part of the country.
