Millions of electricity consumers across five Northern Nigerian states are bracing for a major power disruption following the announcement by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) that it will shut down a critical transmission line for emergency maintenance, a development that comes amid heightened public expectations after the new Minister of Power promised noticeable improvements in electricity supply within 14 days.
The planned outage, scheduled for Sunday, affected Kano, Katsina, Jigawa, Bauchi and Yobe states, as well as parts of neighbouring Niger Republic that depend on electricity supplied through Nigeria’s national grid.
TCN disclosed the development in a statement issued on Saturday by its spokesperson, Ndidi Mbah, explaining that the interruption had become necessary to enable engineers carry out maintenance work on the Mando–Kumbotso 330kV transmission line, one of the key power supply routes serving the North-West and parts of the North-East.
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According to the company, the maintenance operation will involve the replacement and amendment of a damaged Red Phase Conductor on Tower T187 located along the transmission corridor.
