Darkness hits Jigawa, Yobe as trailer destroys TCN tower

Residents of Jigawa and Yobe states are presently experiencing acheronian aft a moving trailer ran into Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, operation located successful Gunduwawa successful Gezawa LGA of Kano state.

TCN General Manager of nationalist affairs, Ndidi Mbah disclosed this successful a connection connected Monday.

According to her, the incidental happened connected Sunday, starring to the disruption of energy proviso from its Kano–Hadejia 132kV Transmission Line, with the nonaccomplishment of astir 16.6 megawatts.

She noted that TCN’s contractor has already been deployed to reconstruct the tower.

TCN assured that it volition bash everything to resume bulk powerfulness proviso to the energy organisation institution successful the affected areas.

“The incidental caused the tripping of the line, cutting disconnected proviso arsenic the operation fell connected the instrumentality and deed a adjacent residential gathering damaging a portion of it. Although nary beingness was lost, the incidental has been reported to Gezawa Divisional.

“Unfortunately, this has enactment Hadejia, Gumel, Gagarawa, Nguru, Mallammadori, Birniwa, Kafin-Hausa, Auyo, Guri, Kaugama, Taura, Garki, Maigatari, Babura, Kirikasamma, Machina Local Government Areas successful Jigawa and Yobe States successful darkness, and presently, determination is nary alternate root of bulk powerfulness proviso to 2 of TCN’s substations, the Gagarawa and Hadejia substations.

“This means that the affected areas volition not person proviso until the operation is repaired,” the connection reads.

Darkness hits Jigawa, Yobe arsenic trailer destroys TCN tower