Why Outage Persists In Maiduguri, Others -TCN

The Transmission Company of Nigeria on Tuesday apologised to the
residents of Maiduguri, Damboa, Biu and the environs in Borno State,
for the outage being experienced in the areas since mid-July.

A statement by General Manager, Public Affairs, Seun Olagunju, TCN
said the outage was caused by a cut conductor on the 132kV
transmission line from Damboa to Maiduguri as well as a 330/132kV
transmission substation in Damboa, which was set ablaze in June.

Olagunju said with the necessary security and logistic support from
the Federal Government, TCN had already organised necessary materials
and mobilised manpower to carry out necessary repairs on the
transmission line as well as the reconstruction of the burnt
transmission substation.

However, she added that due to the magnitude of the repairs required,
work on the transmission line and substation might take up to eight
weeks to be completed.

The TCN spokesperson added that the company had also put in place
urgent plans to complete the 330kV transmission line from Gombe to
Maiduguri and the new 330/132KV substation at Maiduguri to enable it
to supply electricity through the 330kV transmission line to Maiduguri
and environs.

Also a 150MVA, 330KV transformer meant for Maiduguri sub-station would
now be moved from the Shiroro Substation en route Abuja to Maiduguri.

The contractors and in-house engineers that would ensure speedy
repairs are set for the task, she added.

Olagunju said, "TCN reassures the government and good people of
Maiduguri and environs of government's determination to ensure a
robust and efficient transmission system nationwide (Borno State,
being an integral part of Nigeria, is not an exception).

"It is prepared to promptly attend to any fault in its transmission system."