By Aneesa Abdullahi
The northern region is marking its nineth consecutive day without electricity.
The outage was triggered last Monday after the tripping off of the 330kV circuit transmission line between Benue and Enugu.
The transmission line between Shiroro and Kaduna was also affected, affecting Kano, Gombe, Kebbi, Jos, Kaduna, Benue, Bauchi, Adamawa, Taraba, Borno, Kwara, Nasarawa and Yobe.
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN)
assuing residents tha oney are tuking ‘every
possible measure” to restore power to the Northern region.
According to the company, the 330KV DC Ugwaji-Apir double circuit tripped due to a fault.
The latest fault in the 330kV DC transmission line occurred just days after Nigeria experienced three national grid collapses within a single week.
North Marks 9th Day Without Electricity
