TCN refutes reports of national blackout over labour unions’ strike

TCN refutes reports of national blackout over labour unions’ strike

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has condemned an online report attributed to its Head of Public Affairs that there would be a national blackout on account of the ongoing nationwide labour strike.

In a statement by its management on Tuesday, the company also said the report was “mischievous and baseless,” adding that “TCN, through the Public Affairs Head, did not make such statement.”

“The statement is mischievous and baseless as TCN, through the Public Affairs Head, did not make such a statement, we hereby notify our customers that the nation’s grid is intact and supplying bulk electricity to distribution load centres nationwide,” the company said.

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“As of when issuing this statement, the TCN National Control Centre Osogbo which controls bulk power transmission nationwide, is actively operational. We would appreciate that reports are made with a sense of responsibility not just to cause panic,” it said.