Blackout: Jubilation As Electricity Is Restored in 4 Northern States, Details Emerge

  • Residents of some northern states would heave a sigh of relief as electricity has been successfully restored
  • Reports on Wednesday disclosed that electricity has been supplied to Plateau, Bauchi, Gombe, and Benue states under the Jos Electricity Distribution franchise
  • About 17 states in the region experienced a blackout for the past 10 days due to the tripping of a crucial 330kV transmission line between Benue and Enugu states, severely affecting daily life and businesses

TheTalk.NG journalist Esther Odili has over two years of experience covering political parties and movements.

Electricity has been restored in four states under the Jos Electricity Distribution franchise – Plateau, Bauchi, Gombe, and Benue.

Power is restored in some northern states after 10-day blackoutElectricity is restored in 4 northern states after 10 days blackout.
Photo credit: Adebayo Adelabu, Nation Grid ETSource: Facebook

The power was restored at approximately 7:20 pm. on Wednesday. Our correspondent reports that residents of Jos, Plateau capital, erupted into jubilation when light was restored, Daily Trust reported on Wednesday, October 30.

This was after the minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, said electricity would be restored to the 17 northern states within five days.

Why there was blackout in 17 northern states

Recall that the northern part of the country had suffered blackouts due to the vandalisation of the Shiroro-Kaduna transmission line, which is the major line that supplied electricity to the north.

Also, several northern states have been plunged into darkness following the tripping of the 330kV transmission line between Benue and Enugu states.

Consequently, residents of the affected states lamented the severe impact of the blackout on their daily lives and business.

However, Adelabi assured that the transmission line would be repaired within three to five days because President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had ordered the National Security Adviser (NSA) and the security operatives to provide security for those who are to fix it.

Adelabu said this while briefing State House correspondents after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu in Abuja, On Monday, October 28, Vanguard reports.

Tinubu breaks silence on blackout in the north

Earlier, TheTalk.NG reported that President Bola Tinubu took major steps in addressing the weak blackout in the northern parts of the country.

The presidency disclosed that Tinubu had directed the minister of power, Bayo Adelabu, and the NSA Nuhu Ribadu.

Bayo Onanuga, the spokesperson to the president, disclosed that Tinubu is worried about the state of vandalism and deliberate destruction of power infrastructure in the north.

Source: TheTalk.NG


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