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The Transmission Company
of Nigeria, Lagos Region, has announced that many parts of the state will
experience blackout between 10:00 am and 1:00 pm today (Monday).
The
Punch report continues:
According
to the TCN, the affected areas are Ikoyi, Victoria Island, Alagbon, Apapa,
Ijora, Surulere, Itire, Oshodi, Mushin; the Nigerian Airforce Base, Shogunle,
and their environs.
The
company said in a statement on Sunday that the disruption of electricity supply
to customers in these locations was a result of the need to carry out an urgent
maintenance work on the Akangba 132KV transmission substation.
The
Public Relations Officer, TCN, Lagos Region, Mrs. Celestina Osin, said in the
statement, “The reason for the planned outage is to enable the MBH Contractor
carry out a very important repair work on the Itire 132KV Transmission Line 1
and the Ojo 132KV Transmission Line 2 from which the areas are fed electricity
for better service to them.
“During
the period the outage will last, the 4X90 MVA power transformers and another 150MVA
power transformer will be out of service at the Akangba 132KV substation in
order to provide a safe working space for the workers. We promise to restore
supply to all the affected areas as soon as the work is concluded.
“We sincerely apologize for the short notice on the outage and regrets inconveniences this will cause all that will be affected.”
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