By Busari Kabirat
Ndidi Mbah, the General Manager of Public Affairs (TCN), had on Wednesday in an open statement, disclosed that some parts of Bayelsa and Rivers states will be experiencing months of blackout, following the thirteen Transmission Company of Nigeria’s towers destroyed by vandals along the Ahoada-Yenagoa 132kV Double Circuits.
The TCN urged Bayelsa and Rivers states governments to help address the installation vandalism, which has become rampant.
Meanwhile, the same Ahoada-Yenagoa transmission line had once been destroyed by vandals.
TCN said, “Additionally, a new contract was recently awarded for the reinforcement of towers 19-31 on the Ahoada-Yenagoa line, where tower members had been vandalized and stolen.
“Despite these ongoing efforts, the recent vandalism of the thirteen towers presents a significant challenge to TCN,”
Adding that the thirteen vandalized towers are located in several communities, including Okobe in Ahoada East, Emezhi 1 in Ahoada West, and Mbiama in Ahoada West Local Government Areas of Rivers State, as well as the Igbogene community in Bayelsa State.
“Given the extent of the destruction to the towers and the ongoing work on previously vandalized transmission towers, it may take several months for TCN to complete the rebuilding and stringing of the towers to restore power supply to the state.”
Security operatives are called upon by the TCN for collaboration amongst the host communities to tackle the vandalism of critical electricity facilities in the country.
