“Aso Rock, National Assembly, all airports, hospitals, universities, everything .. everyone disconnected from the grid,” reactions + statement the TCN sent to Platforms Africa on the grid’s shutdown
The Organised Labour Unions in Nigeria have shut down the national grid, throwing the Africa’s biggest economy into natuonwide darkness, Platforms Africa reports.
The action, which was a result of the nationwide strikebdecalred by the labour unions, has disconnected everyone and everything in Nigeriabfrom the grid.
General Manager, Public Affairs, Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN),
Ndidi Mbah, confirmed this in a statement to Platforms Africa, saying the national grid shut down occurred at about 2.19 am this morning, 3rd June 2024.
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“At about 1:15 am this morning, the Benin Transmission Operator under the Independent System Operations unit of TCN reported that all operators were driven away from the control room and that staff that resisted were beaten while some were wounded in the course of forcing them out of the control room and without any form of control or supervision, the Benin Area Control
“Center was brought to zero. Other transmission substations that were shut down, by the Labour Union include the Ganmo,
“Benin, Ayede, Olorunsogo, Akangba and Osogbo Transmission Substations. Some transmission lines were equally opened due to the ongoing activities of the labour union,” Mbah stated.
On the power generating side, Mbah said power generating units from different generating stations were forced to shut down some units of their generating plants, the Jebba Generating Station was forced to shut down one of its generating units while three others in the same substation subsequently shut down on very high frequency. “The sudden forced load cuts led to high frequency and system instability, which eventually shut down the national grid at 2:19 am.
“At about 3.23 am, however, TCN commenced grid recovery, using the Shiroro Substation to attempt to feed the transmission lines supplying bulk electricity to the Katampe Transmission Substation. The situation is such that the labour Union is still obstructing grid recovery nationwide.
“We will continue to make effort to recover and stabilize the grid to enable the restoration of normal bulk transmission of electricity to distribution load centres nationwide,” Mbah stated.
With this action, Platforms Africa reports that the Aso Rock, National Assembly, all airports, hospitals, universities, everything .. everyone in Nigeria now disconnected from the grid.
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