The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN and Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, have said they are working to restore power supply across the nation through rehabilitation of national grid and maintenance of gas pipeline, which supplies gas from Escravos region of the Niger Delta to Lagos.
It will be recalled that system collapse threw the entire nation into total blackout as a result of the Nigerian Gas Processing and Transportation Company Ltd, NGPTC, fire outbreak on its Escravos Lagos Pipeline System near Okada, Edo State on Tuesday. Gas pipeline It was gathered that the incident led to the shutdown of the pipeline supplying gas to Egbin 1,320MW; Olorunsogo NIPP 676MW, Olorunsogo 338MW, Omotosho NIPP 450MW, Omotosho 338 MW and Paras 60MW power stations.
According to General Manager, Public Affairs, Mrs. Ndidi Mbah, NGPTC, has already mobilised to site and is currently affecting repairs, adding that as soon as repairs are completed, NGC will commence power generation.
(Vanguard)
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