Abuja residents to face 15-day energy outage from Jan 6 – TCN 

Abuja residents have been notified of a deliberate 15-day energy outage from Monday, January 6 to twenty, 2025.

This announcement was made in a press release signed by Ndidi Mbah, Common Supervisor, Public Affairs, Transmission Firm of Nigeria (TCN), on Friday.

The outage is necessitated by the Federal Capital Improvement Company’s (FCDA) highway dualization mission alongside the Apo axis.

In accordance with TCN, “eight quantity 132kV and 33kV towers shall be relocated alongside the Kukwaba/Apo 132kV line (Outer Southern Expressway route). This relocation work will necessitate a deliberate energy outage from Monday, sixth January to Monday, twentieth January 2025 from 9 am to 4 pm day by day, which is the estimated length for the dismantling and development of the towers in addition to restringing of the ability cables that might allow resumption of bulk energy provide to the Apo Transmission Substation from Gwagwalada Substation.”

This initiative, the assertion says, is crucial to facilitate the enlargement and modernization of the Outer Southern Expressway, a mission anticipated to considerably enhance transportation effectivity and improve city improvement within the capital metropolis.

Maraba, Nyanya, Masaka, Others Affected  

The areas affected by this deliberate outage, in response to the TCN assertion, embody Kubwa, Karu, Maraba, Nyanya, Masaka, Keffi, Kukwaba, and Apo Mechanic.

• It’s going to additionally impression components of the Lugbe, Trademore Property, Pyakasa, Sabon Lugbe, Chika, and Alaita axis. Prospects of Abuja Electrical energy Distribution Firm (AEDC) in these places will expertise electrical energy rationing throughout the specified interval.
• The relocation of the transmission towers is vital for the profitable completion of the Outer Southern Expressway highway mission, an initiative aimed toward bettering visitors stream and infrastructure within the capital metropolis.

TCN, nevertheless, expressed remorse over the non permanent inconvenience this outage will trigger, stating, “Whereas the relocation of the transmission towers is a necessity for the highway completion mission, TCN apologizes for the inconvenience this deliberate energy outage will trigger and assures that energy provide shall be restored as quickly because the towers relocation and cable stringing are accomplished.” 

• Final week, the TCN knowledgeable the general public that Abuja residents will expertise non permanent energy outages this weekend because of important upkeep work at two vital transmission substations.
• In accordance with TCN, these deliberate actions had been designed to reinforce the operational effectivity and reliability of the ability infrastructure within the affected areas.

The upkeep schedule commenced on Saturday, December 28, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., throughout which TCN engineers undertook technical servicing on a 60MVA energy transformer and its related switchgears on the Gwagwalada 330/132/33kV Transmission Substation.