Why Ondo, Ekiti will witness two-month partial power outage—TCN

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has disclosed that Ondo and Ekiti states would witness disruption in power supply for two months.

According to a public notice released on Sunday, the outage is necessary to enable TCN carry out critical maintenance work on the 132kV Akure Osogbo transmission line.

The notice however clarified that the affected states will experience power outages that will last only nine hours daily, starting from Monday, July 1 to August 31.

“Please be informed that the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, is scheduled to carry out critical maintenance work on the 132kV Akure Osogbo transmission line. The planned work involves the installation of Optical Ground Wire (OPGW) and other activities. This will require outage on the affected network for safe working space.

“Customers in the affected areas will experience service interruptions during the period of the planned outages. We sincerely apologise for the inconvenience this may cause and kindly solicit your patience and understanding,” the TCN’s notice read.

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