Reason Why Many Nigerians Have Been Thrown Into Darkness Since Monday

Reason Why Many Nigerians Have Been Thrown Into Darkness Since Monday

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced the temporary shutdown of the Egbin Power generating station in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State.

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The closure, initiated on Monday, is to facilitate maintenance work on the gas pipeline that supplies gas to the station by the Nigeria Gas Company (NGC).

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According to the TCN’s statement, the Egbin Power station, responsible for over 16% of the total electricity generated in the national grid, is scheduled to remain offline for three days, starting from Monday.

“This means a reduction of 676MW (megawatts) of bulk power generated into the nation’s grid for three days and consequently the quantum of bulk power available to be delivered to distribution companies load centres nationwide for the period,” the statement partly read.

Many areas in Lagos have subsequently been thrown into blackout as a result of the development.

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