Abuja, June 3, 2024 – Electricity supply across the country has been disrupted as labour unions have shut down all power transmission substations in the country.
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) disclosed this in a statement on Monday
It said the shutdown was carried out by the unions at about 2.19 am on Monday morning.
“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.
“On the power generating side, 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,” the TCN said.
Also, the striking labour unions have ashut down local and international airports across the country.
The closure was done in the early hours of Monday as passengers who got to the Lagos airports as early as 5.00 could get flights to board as the gates to the airports were shut.
Travellers were seen milling around the gates to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport. (GBN)
