By Patrick Obia
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The Federal Government of Nigeria has said the current blackout greeting Cross River State and some parts of the country is a result of “an act of vandalism at the Odukpani – Ikot Ekpene 330KV double circuit transmission line resulting in a sudden loss of about 400MW.”
A press release signed by Isa Sanusi, SA Media to the Minister for Power, noted that the act led to cascading plant shutdowns nationwide.
The Minister assured that “power on the grid is being restored sequentially by the system operator as other on-grid power plants are being dispatched to cover the lost generation capacity from the Calabar power plant owned by the Niger Power Holding Company Ltd.”
