The Federal Government, through the Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO) and Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), has initiated a series of planned blackouts across the country to improve critical power infrastructure. This maintenance marks a major step toward stabilising the national grid and improving long-term power reliability.
So far, six northeast states—Borno, Taraba, Yobe, Adamawa, Bauchi, and Gombe—have been affected by the first phase, which involves constructing a “turn-in-turn-out” connection along the 330 kV Jos–Bauchi–Gombe corridor to integrate the new Bauchi 330 kV substation. In some regions, like Yola and Jalingo, consumers will experience complete blackouts until Saturday, June 14, due to this upgrade.
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NISO’s Managing Director, Abdu Mohammed, acknowledged the inconvenience but urged patience, explaining that the temporary discomfort would pave the way for vastly improved supply. He confirmed the blackout is part of a nationwide, phased maintenance campaign that will extend to other regions with the goal of enhancing grid reliability.
TCN’s General Manager for Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, added that during the outages, certain substations—Jos and Gombe among them—will still maintain limited supply through alternative lines, while others will temporarily use back-up power sources like the Dadin-Kowa hydro plant and Maiduguri emergency generators
