Ministry Explains Why Nigerians Were Thrown Into Darkness Again

The Federal Ministry of Power on Saturday told Nigerians that the power disruption was caused by activities of vandals who destroyed its facilities.
The ministry, in a statement by Isa Sanusi, media aide to the Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu, disclosed that vandals had caused a disruption on the transmission tower between Akwa Ibom and Cross River.
While assuring that the System Operator was on top of the matter as it works to restore power across the country, the Ministry asked Nigerians to bear with it.
The statement read, “Further to our earlier press release, we wish to apprise the general public that the immediate cause of national blackout (system collapse) was an act of vandalism on a transmission tower on the Odukpani — Ikot Ekpene 330kV double circuit transmission line thus resulting in a sudden loss of about 400MW of generation. This consequently led to a cascade of plants shut down across the country.
“We wish to notify the public that power on the grid is being restored sequentially by the System Operator as other on-grid power plants are being dispatched to cover the lost generation capacity from the Calabar power plant owned by the Niger Power Holding Company Ltd.”
NPO had Reported earlier in the day how darkness had enveloped many parts of the country including Lagos, Abuja, PortHacourt and others as a result of the power cut.