The Federal Government of Nigeria has announced the restoration of electricity supply to many areas affected by recent power disruptions in Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Kwara and the Federal Capital Territory following repairs to the vandalised Benin-Egbin 330kV transmission line.
Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, disclosed this in an update on the country’s electricity situation, saying the repaired transmission line had been restored to service and was transmitting electricity.
According to him, the restoration helped increase power supply to the Lagos Complex to over 1,000 megawatts, effectively returning supply to the level before the disruption.
Tegbe said electricity had been restored to many of the affected areas, while efforts were ongoing to restore full supply to the remaining locations.
He added that the Ministry of Power was working with generation companies, the system operator, the Transmission Company of Nigeria and distribution companies to sustain and improve electricity availability.
The Minister further reiterated that the government’s priority remained the provision of reliable electricity to Nigerians.
The development follows Tegbe’s earlier explanation that the recent disruptions resulted from planned maintenance at the Egbin power plant and the vandalism of the Benin-Egbin 330kV transmission line, which supplies between 300 and 400 megawatts to the Lagos electricity network.
He had said the combined outages resulted in the loss of almost 800 megawatts, forcing authorities to introduce load shedding across Lagos, Ogun, Oyo and parts of Kwara.
