CITIZENS COMPASS – The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has adduced reasons for another power outage which occurred on Tuesday.
It said this was due to the collapse of the national grid.
In a statement issued on Tuesday afternoon, TCN’s General Manager of Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, stated that the collapse occurred at about 1:52 pm.
According to him, data from the National Control Centre (NCC) indicated that while many areas were impacted, part of the grid remained unaffected by the outage.
Mbah explained that the collapse was caused by “line tripping,” where a sequence of line and generator failures disrupted stability in the grid. TCN engineers quickly began efforts to restore bulk power to the areas affected by this partial disruption.
Offering reassurance, Mbah stated, “TCN engineers are already working to quickly restore bulk power supply to the states affected by the partial disturbance. Presently, bulk power supply has been restored to Abuja, at 2:49 pm, and we are gradually restoring to other parts of the country.”
In her message to Nigerians, she expressed regret for the disruption, saying, “We sincerely apologize for every inconvenience this may cause our electricity customers.”
