Blackout: TCN promises to restore power to Bayelsa in 6 weeks

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has promised to complete the reconstruction of its collapsed transmission towers along the Mbiama-Ahoada axis of Rivers State and restore power supply to Bayelsa in six weeks from now. Vandals had in the first week of August destroyed 120 TCN transmission facilities in Ahoada and Igbogene supplying power to […]

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has promised to complete the reconstruction of its collapsed transmission towers along the Mbiama-Ahoada axis of Rivers State and restore power supply to Bayelsa in six weeks from now.

Vandals had in the first week of August destroyed 120 TCN transmission facilities in Ahoada and Igbogene supplying power to the state.

The Director General of the transmission service provider (TSP), a subsidiary of the TCN, Engr. Olugbenga Ajiboye, gave the assurance when he led a high-powered technical team on a courtesy visit to the state deputy governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo in Government House, Yenagoa.

Ajiboye, who on behalf of the TCN, apologised to the people and government of Bayelsa for the prolonged power outage and its attendant economic cost, however, pleaded for the assistance of the state government to restore power in Bayelsa.

He explained that the blackout had been occasioned by the damage to the TCN power transmission line connecting Bayelsa, noting that about 18 transmission towers were vandalised.

Ajiboye lamented that only this year alone, no fewer than 120 TCN transmission facilities had been vandalised nationwide, and appealed to the state government to provide security for the safeguard of its facilities.

Responding, Bayelsa State deputy governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, emphasised that the problem of public power supply had become a major issue in the state in recent times.