The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has rejected an online post attributed to its Head of Public Affairs that a national blackout would occur due to the ongoing statewide worker strike, calling it incorrect and completely deceptive.
The company’s management claimed in a statement on Tuesday that 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 statement.
We hereby note that the nation’s grid is intact and supplying bulk electricity to distribution load centers nationwide. pic.twitter.com/uzHo5OKWEz
— TCNNIGERIA (@TCN_NIGERIA) November 14, 2023
The nation’s grid is “intact and supplying bulk electricity to distribution load centers nationwide,” according to the company.
“As at 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.