November 11,2024.
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has expressed deep concern over the rising number of cases of vandalism targeting transmission lines and towers, warning that this trend is severely disrupting the nation’s power grid and infrastructure.
TCN’s General Manager Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, made this known in a statement while reacting to the early Saturday destruction of the 330 kV Lokoja-Gwagwalada transmission line.
The company added that two spans of aluminum conductors from the line were stolen, with efforts underway to replace them .
The Lokoja-Gwagwalada line, it added, is a double-circuit transmission line, and while TCN is still supplying bulk power through line two, efforts are underway to source replacement aluminium conductors for the two spans stolen from line one.
The company further appealed to members of host communities to work with TCN and security operatives to combat this threat.
