The Transmission Firm of Nigeria, TCN, has introduced that there will likely be electrical energy disruption lasting over two weeks in elements of Abuja.
TCN’s spokesperson, Ndidi Mbah, disclosed this in a press release on Monday.
In accordance with the corporate, the outage, scheduled from Tuesday, October 27, to Sunday, November 16, is because of street development actions in the Federal Capital Territory.
It defined that the 132-kilovolt Gwagwalada–Kukwaba–Apo double-circuit transmission line could be with out energy provide through the interval. Consequently, bulk electrical energy provide will likely be briefly unavailable in the Apo, Lokogoma, Guzape, Asokoro, Wuye, Utako, Jabi, and Idu Industrial Format areas throughout the development interval.
“The Transmission Firm of Nigeria, TCN, needs to tell the general public that there will likely be energy outages in some elements of the Federal Capital Territory , because the Federal Capital Growth Authority will start street development works alongside the Kuje axis from Tuesday, twenty eighth October, to sixteenth November, 2025. The development work will have an effect on the 132 kV Gwagwalada-Kukwaba-Apo double-circuit transmission line.
“In view of this, TCN will undertake a deliberate load administration operation that can contain short-term interruption of energy throughout the working hours for the street development to make sure the security of all stakeholders.
“The deliberate outage will likely be executed in three phases to boost seamless operations. The primary part is scheduled to start from Tuesday, twenty eighth October, to Sunday, 2nd November, 2025, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 pm day by day. The second part will happen from sixth November to ninth November 2025 between 9.00 am and 5.00 pm day by day, whereas the third part will take impact from twelfth November to sixteenth November 2025 between 9.00 am and three.00 pm day by day.
“Nevertheless, TCN assures that in this era, the next areas throughout the FCT, specifically Apo, Lokogoma, Guzape, Asokoro, Wuye, Utako, Jabi, and Idu Industrial Format, will expertise short-term energy interruption, whereas regular energy provide will likely be restored to the affected areas on the finish of every day’s work interval,” TCN said.
