The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced that parts of Kano State, along with four additional states, will experience a blackout due to ongoing operational challenges.
The spokesperson of TCN, Ndidi Mbah, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday.
The outage is due to planned maintenance at Kumbotos’ 330 kilovolt transmission substation scheduled for Sunday.
Consequently, TCN said electricity customers served by Kano Electricity Distribution Company, Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company, and Yola Electricity Distribution Company will experience power disruption.
“The scheduled maintenance is to enable the TCN contractor to continue the ongoing upgrade of 330kV bus II jumpers and replace the existing 350mm² conductors with 800mm² conductors in order to strengthen the transmission network and improve power reliability.
“As a result, Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) and some part of Jos Electricity Distribution Company (JEDC) and Yola Electricity Distribution Company (YEDC) will be unable to off-take power for distribution to their customers in Kano, Katsina, and Jigawa States, as well as Azare in Bauchi State, Nguru in Yobe State, and also Gazaoua in the Niger Republic,” TCN stated.
