Power back as TCN says supply fully restored

Omeiza Bilal

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says the temporary collapse of the national grid has been restored.

According to the company in a statement by its GM Public Affairs Ndidi Mbah, its engineers successfully worked to ensure power supply was restored.

Saturday’s blackout is the third time in one week that the country would be plunged into darkness due to grid collapse.

The statement read: “The Transmission Company of Nigeria hereby states that the national grid experienced a temporary disturbance at about 8:15am, today, 19th Oct. 2024.

“According to the report from the NCC, the bus section of a current transformer exploded at 330kV Jebba Transmission Substation and as expected, the protection system was activated, and this promptly opened the busbars to curtail the explosion, thereby preventing outbreak of fire and further damage to adjacent equipment.

“The action of the protection system led to a temporary disturbance on the grid.

“Our engineers at Jebba have successfully carried out switchings, isolating the faulty current transformer. They have equally reconfigured the busbar arrangement, restoring power supply to the station, and other parts of the grid.”