Blackout in North: Arewa youths call for calm

The Arewa Youth Assembly has called for calm and understanding from Nigerians, particularly the Northern part of the country amidst the ongoing black out experienced in certain states of the region. This followed the vandalism of two towers along the 330kV Shiroro–Kaduna transmission lines 1 and 2 which conveys light to the affected part of […]

The Arewa Youth Assembly has called for calm and understanding from Nigerians, particularly the Northern part of the country amidst the ongoing black out experienced in certain states of the region.

This followed the vandalism of two towers along the 330kV Shiroro–Kaduna transmission lines 1 and 2 which conveys light to the affected part of the country, hence the black out experienced.

Mohammed Salihu Danlami, Speaker of Arewa Youth Assembly, in a statement said the TCN under the leadership of Sule Abdulazeez had been working tirelessly round the clock to restore power to the affected areas as soon as possible.

Danlami said: “The MD is a very hardworking, selfless, reliable and patriotic Nigerian who is committed to ensuring steady supply of power to all parts of the country at all times and is therefore more disturbed by the recent happening affecting certain parts of the North.

“Unfortunately, a group of unconcerned Nigerians have organised themselves and are capitalising on this tragic event to unleash vicious and obviously orchestrated campaign that will cast aspersions on the leadership of Mr Abdulazeez and even his integrity causing further chaos and inciting the Northern Part of the Country against Mr Abdulazeez who is also a Northerner.

“We call on Nigerians to understand that the problem has persisted because of security challenges that stood as a barrier to repairing the damaged towers, even though there were facilities and trained experts ready to fix the problem immediately it happened, the area still remains inaccessible due to insecurity.

“Despite these challenges, we urge Nigerians, particularly of the Northern extraction to be more patient, rational and fight the temptation of been used by some few miscreants who are hell bent on politicising the situation to cause further chaos in the country to achieve their selfish desires.”

The statement added: “The TCN under the leadership of Mr Abdulazeez in collaboration with security agencies and all relevant stakeholders have never rested since the vandalisation of these towers and will not rest untill power is fully restored to affected areas”