Florence Sadiku
THE Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says it is a gross misrepresentation of fact to say there have been two National Grid collapses within the year 2025 insisting that such a report was mischievous and misleading to the Nigerian populace.
TCN management stated that what happened on the 12th of February 2025, when the Omotosho-Ikeja West 330kV transmission line tripped, the Benin-Egbin 330kV line was on a scheduled outage for mechanical line tracing.
According to the company, the tripping resulted in a cascaded outage, causing a loss of supply within the Abuja, Lagos, and Osogbo axis. Other parts of the country, the company insists, were, however, fully intact. “Meanwhile, full restoration of bulk power supply to affected areas has since been completed”.
“It is pertinent to note that the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) is regulated by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) and governed by industry documents. The documents reserve for the National Control Centre System Operator or her designated backup, the National Supplementary Control Centre (SNCC), the exclusive right to provide information to the public about events and the status of the grid.
“Members of the public and reporters are, therefore, advised to please shun malicious and unfounded information about the National Grid that does not emanate from the Public Affairs Department of the TCN.”
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