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Power outage has affected states within the franchise area of Jos Electricity Distribution Company due to a fault on the 330kV double-circuit transmission lines from Ugwuji to Makurdi to Jos.
Our correspondent reports that the franchise states include Gombe, Bauchi, Benue and Plateau.
In a statement on Friday, the Head of Corporate Communications, JEDC, Dr Friday Elijah, said, “The tripping of the lines occurred this afternoon at about 1221 hours today, Friday, 15th November 2024, resulting in the loss of power supply on all our 33KV feeders.”
He disclosed that the Transmission Company of Nigeria’s engineers are currently working to rectify the fault.
“TCN engineers are already assiduously working to rectify the faults,” Elijah added.
Elijah apologised for the inconvenience and expressed appreciation for the customers’ patience.
“We hope to restore normal power supply to our esteemed customers as soon as the fault is rectified and power supply is restored back to normalcy. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we strive to serve you better,” he said
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