Flood: TCN restores electricity supply to Lagos

Electricity proviso has been restored to parts of Lagos State that were thrown into acheronian aft terrible flooding disrupted operations astatine a large transmission facility.

The spokesperson for the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Ndidi Mbah, confirmed the improvement successful a connection issued connected Wednesday.

According to Mbah, TCN successfully restored its 60-megavolt-ampere (MVA) transformer, identified arsenic TR1, astatine the Oworonshoki Transmission Substation aft it was unopen down by dense flooding.

The restoration means the Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company (IKEDC) tin present resume energy organisation to customers successful the affected areas.

“The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) hereby informs the nationalist that the TR1 60MVA transformer astatine the Oworonshoki Transmission Substation, which was retired of work owed to dense flooding astatine the station, has been successfully restored by TCN’s attraction unit astatine precisely 07:53 hrs connected 30th June 2026,” the connection read.

The improvement comes hardly a time aft flooding caused the 60MVA transformer astatine the Oworonshoki Transmission Substation to spell retired of service,...