Following the protracted disruptions of power supply across the northern region, President Bola Tinubu has directed TCN to speed up repairs and ordered the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, to provide security for vulnerable transmission facilities.
Addressing the issue, Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu assured, “I’m going to have a meeting with the chairman of the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) and all the DisCos for those days during which they suffer blackouts,” he said, adding, “There should not be billing of any sort for any customer, be it household customers, office consumers, or industrial consumers; they would be immune from billings from those periods.”
Commenting on the national security support for the TCN from the Chief of Army Staff and Air Staff, Adelabu expressed hope for a swift restoration of power, ensuring residents and businesses will not bear financial burdens for electricity they could not access.
