Residents and businesses across Kano, Katsina, Jigawa, Bauchi, and Yobe states should prepare for a temporary electricity disruption on Sunday as the Transmission Company of Nigeria embarks on planned maintenance works aimed at strengthening the national grid.
TCN disclosed the development in a statement issued on Friday by its spokesperson, Ndidi Mbah, noting that the outage will also affect Gazaoua in the Niger Republic.
According to the company, the interruption is necessitated by scheduled maintenance at the Kumbotso 330-kilovolt transmission substation, where ongoing upgrade works are being carried out to improve power reliability and transmission capacity.
The maintenance will enable TCN’s contractor to continue the upgrade of the 330kV Bus II jumpers and replace existing 350mm² conductors with higher-capacity 800mm² conductors as part of efforts to reinforce the transmission network. Related News Traders, residents escape death as TCN power lines explode in Edo TCN restores power to Lagos after grid disturbance Onanuga faults Obi’s 10,000MW power promise, says Nigeria already has 13,500MW capacity
As a result, electricity distribution companies serving the affected areas will be unable to receive power for onward distribution during the maintenance period.
