Transmission Company of Nigeria has said it did not approve the proposed two-month outage in Ondo and Ekiti States.
Gatekeepers News reports that TCN’s General Manager of Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah noted that there was no request for an outage, in response to an alleged outage over maintenance of the Osogbo/Akure Ado-Ekiti 132 kilovolt line.
This statement comes after the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) announced a planned two-month outage in Ondo and Ekiti states from July 1, 2024, to August 31, 2024.
“A publication by the BEDC regarding a proposed outage on the Osogbo-Akure-Ado-Ekiti 132kV line to install OPGW commencing on 1st July 2024 has been brought to the notice of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN.
“TCN Management hereby informs the general public that no such outage request has been approved,” it stated.
Meanwhile, the Ekiti State Government rejected the planned two-month power outage by the BEDC.
