The Managing Director of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, Sule Abdulaziz has vowed to end the incessant nationwide blackouts being experienced across the country.
Recall that Nigerians experienced National Grid collapse three times in the past week. A situation that threw the whole country into darkness.
Abdulaziz made this disclosure while featuring as a guest on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics. He said TCN was going to set up a backup system so that a nationwide blackout could be avoided should the grid collapse.
He said: “Presently, we are doing the scatter system for the whole network, and it is funded by the World Bank. The project will take two years to be completed, and now, we have done 70% of the project.
“Almost a month ago, we were at Gwagwalada (in Abuja) with the World Bank where we celebrated the project. It is 70 percent completed. Once we have the scatter system, it will reduce the frequency of getting system disturbances.
“We are trying to upgrade all our transmission lines,” he said.
The Managing Director added that though the Government might not have enough money for the project. He added that the TCN has been working in partnership with private companies to mobilize funds.
He said, “The Honourable Minister of Power is now working with the presidency to have that approval. This is what we call the super grid.
“By the time we have it, even if there is a fault in one transmission line, you can switch to the one. So that we have an alternative. But now, the type of grid we have, once we have a problem with the line, you have no other line to switch on to.”
source: Nigerian Tribune
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