…as TCN fixes circuit breaker

Oredola Adeola

Residents of Ile-Ife, Ikire, Ilesha, and some parts of Ondo State are expected to experience a seven-hour power outage on Friday, May 10, 2024, as the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has scheduled a planned replacement of a faulty circuit breaker protecting the Osogbo/Ilesha/Ife – Ondo 132kV transmission line.

Ndidi Mbah, General Manager, TCN Public Affairs, made this known in statement on Thursday, obtained by Advisors Reports.

According to the statement, TCN’s maintenance crew will replace a faulty Circuit Breaker protecting Osogbo/Ilesha/Ife – Ondo 132kV transmission line with a new one on Friday between 10am and 5pm.

This, according to her, will affect bulk power supply to Ile-Ife, Ilesha and Ondo Transmission Substations, which receives power through the Osogbo/Ilesha/Ife – Ondo 132kV transmission line.

TCN said, “Consequently, Ibadan and Benin DisCos will not be able to offtake power for seven (7) hours through the Ife township, Ikire/Wasinmi, OAU, Ife Iron & Steel, Sekona, Efon alaaye, IBL, Ilesha township, Ibokun/Idominasi, Ipetu-Ijesha and Ijebu-Ijesha feeders to its customers in the listed areas.

Mbah in the statement to electricity consumers in the affected areas, assured that power supply will be restored after the exercise is completed.