Patience Leonard, PBA Journalism MenteeEnugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has announced that Nsukka, a town in Enugu State is to witness a six-hour power outage on Wednesday, 8th June (tomorrow).
The DisCo informed that the planned blackout in the Nsukka district will be from 9am to 3pm, urging customers in the affected areas to bear it.
This was contained in a statement signed by the head of corporate communications, EEDC, Mr. Emeka Ezeh.
Ezeh said the blackout will be as a result of reinstallation of a collapsed tower on the New-Heaven-Otukpo transmission line.
Part of the statement reads “ The outage is to enable the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) technical crew to carry our replanting of the collapsed tower on the New-Haven-Otukpo 132KV transmission line.
“Consequently, the exercise will affect electricity supply to the Nru TCN Station where the 33KV feeders are fed. As a result, all our customers in Nsukka district will be without electricity supply during the duration of this maintenance.”
Mr. Emeka Ezeh however regretted the inconveniences the development will cause the district.
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