The Transmission Company of Nigeria has announced electricity disruption in parts of Kano, Katsina, Jigawa, Bauchi, and Yobe States, as well as Gazaoua in Niger Republic.
The spokesperson of TCN, Ndidi Mbah, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday. The outage is due to planned maintenance at Kumbotso’s 330 kilovolt transmission substation on Sunday.
Consequently, electricity customers served by Kano Electricity Distribution Company, Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company, and Yola Electricity Distribution Company will experience power disruption.
“The scheduled maintenance is to enable the TCN contractor to continue the ongoing upgrade of 330kV bus II jumpers and replace the existing 350mm² conductors with 800mm² conductors in order to strengthen the transmission network and improve power reliability,” the statement read.
“As a result, Kano Electricity Distribution Company and some parts of Jos Electricity Distribution Company and Yola Electricity Distribution Company will be unable to off-take power for distribution to their customers in Kano, Katsina, and Jigawa States, as well as Azare in Bauchi State, Nguru in Yobe State, and also Gazaoua in the Niger Republic.”
