The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) announced that there will be a seven-hour power outage in parts of Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, on Thursday.

This was disclosed by TCN’s General Manager of Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, in a statement shared on the company’s X handle on Wednesday.

The outage is necessary for TCN’s maintenance crew to conduct annual preventive maintenance on the T2 60 MVA 132/33kV power transformer at the Ibadan-North Transmission Substation.

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) hereby states that its maintenance crew will carry out annual preventive maintenance on its T2 60MVA 132/33kV power transformer in its Ibadan-North Transmission Substation on Thursday, 18 April 2024, Ms Mbah said.

She explained that the maintenance exercise lasts for seven hours from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Consequently, she said there will be power interruption in Adogba, Alakia, Ibadan-North, IITA and Odogbo Barracks on the stated date as TCN will be unable to transmit bulk power to Ibadan DisCo through the said transformer for seven hours.

TCN assures that bulk power supply will be restored through the transformers by 5 p.m., on completion of the maintenance, she said.

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