The
Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, has said that the major cause of the
worsening electricity situation across the country is pipeline vandalism.
In a statement on
Friday, the General Manager, Public Affairs, of the firm, Nigeria’s sole power
transmission company, Seun Olagunju, said the “major cause of the current low
power generation is not particularly the fire incident but the vandalism of gas
pipelines that resulted in short supply of gas to thermal power generating
stations.’’
Mr. Olagunju also
confirmed the fire incident at the Afam V power station.
The fire, he said,
completely destroyed TCNs protection and control equipment in its relay and control
room.
The incident which
happened on January 18 has constrained the evacuation of guaranteed 450MW
generation by the station .
He said the fire
incident occurred at about 6:58 a.m.
“TCNs equipment at the
power station were completely destroyed.”
The cause of the fire,
he said, had not been ascertained.
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