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Why there was blackout across Nigeria –Fashola

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Why there was blackout across Nigeria –Fashola

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, on Wednesday said that the reason for the power outage across Nigeria on Tuesday night was due to a fire incident at a gas pipeline system which interrupted gas supply and affected the national transmission grid.

He however announced that the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) and the Generation Companies (GENCOS) were working to restore things.

The ministry in a statement signed by Fashola explained that the Nigerian Gas Processing and Transportation Company Ltd (NGPTC) had reported a fire incident on its Escravos Lagos Pipeline system near Okada, Edo on January 2.

It went further to say that sequel to the incident, there was need to shutdown the pipeline supplying gas to Egbin 1,320MW; Olorunsogo NIPP 676MW, Olorunsogo 338MW, Omotosho NIPP 450MW, Omotosho 338 MW and Paras 60MW power stations.

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“The sudden loss of generation due to interruption in gas supply from these stations caused the national transmission grid to trip off around 20:20 on 2nd January 2018. The national transmission grid is owned and operated by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN).”

According to Fashola, as at Wednesday morning, electricity had been restored in many parts of the country.

 

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