The Transmission Firm of Nigeria has introduced that the continued repairs to the broken transmission line that led to a blackout in northern Nigeria shall be accomplished by Sunday, 3 November 2024.
It famous, nonetheless, that different measures have been applied to transmit 400 megawatts to sure areas inside the subsequent 24 hours.
The Managing Director of TCN, Sule Abdulaziz, disclosed this improvement at a press briefing on Tuesday in Abuja, updating Nigerians on efforts to revive electrical energy to the northern area.
On 22 October, TCN reported an influence outage within the north-east, north-west, and components of north-central Nigeria after the 330-kilovolt Ugwuaji–Apir double circuit transmission traces 1 and a pair of tripped.
As well as, TCN reported that the Shiroro-Kaduna line had been vandalised, resulting in decreased bulk electrical energy provide to Kaduna, Kano, and different main cities within the north.
Two days later, TCN acknowledged {that a} snapped 330kv transmission line within the swampy forest of Igumale, Benue State, additional contributed to the blackout.
On Monday, TCN defined that insecurity had delayed repairs however assured it was working tirelessly to revive the majority energy provide.
President Bola Tinubu additionally directed TCN to expedite repairs and mandated the Nationwide Safety Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, to offer safety assist.
Offering an replace, the TCN MD stated the corporate had deployed its engineers to finish the restoration and is about to distribute roughly 500 to 600 megawatts to the northern area by Sunday.
He acknowledged, “Restoring considered one of these traces will enable TCN to wheel about 400MW of energy by that hall. TCN can be intensifying efforts to restore and restore the second line on Ugwuaji-Apir by Sunday, 3 November 2024.
“This can allow TCN to wheel a considerable quantum of energy from Apir to Jos, Kaduna, and Kano.
“Each time the Shiroro-Kaduna line is out, the one different gateway used to produce the northern area is thru the Ugwuaji–Apir transmission traces.
“Sadly, that line was additionally vandalised, leaving us with solely traces one and two to produce energy to that area.
“For line two, almost 5 spans of the road have been vandalised. Our engineers are working to revive that line, however as a consequence of safety issues, they require a army escort.
“By 6 pm, our engineers have to go away the world for security, return to a safe location for the evening, and resume work within the morning.
“As of now, line one, which may carry 400 megawatts, ought to be prepared between immediately and tomorrow.
“The second line, with 5 spans vandalised, is anticipated to be prepared by Sunday.
“So as soon as we full these two traces, we will transmit at the least 500 to 600 megawatts to the northern area.”