{"id":152159,"date":"2025-02-21T22:17:07","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T21:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/abuja-to-experience-power-outage-weekend-tcn"},"modified":"2025-02-22T12:00:43","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T11:00:43","slug":"abuja-to-experience-power-outage-weekend-tcn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/economy\/abuja-to-experience-power-outage-weekend-tcn","title":{"rendered":"Abuja to experience power outage weekend \u2014TCN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, has announced that there will be hours of power outage in some parts of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT on Saturday and Sunday, 22nd and 23rd February 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The spokesperson of TCN, Ndidi Mbah, disclosed this in a statement on Friday, noting that affected areas will experience electricity disruption from February 9:00 am to 4:00 pm.<\/p>\n<p>According to her, the power disruption is due to scheduled annual preventive maintenance on two transformers at the Apo 132\/33kV Transmission Substation in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Transmission Company of Nigeria informs the public that its maintenance crew will conduct annual preventive maintenance on the 2x100MVA, TR3 &amp; TR4 transformers at the Apo 132\/33kV Transmission Substation in Abuja,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe planned power interruptions are unavoidable, as Abuja DisCo will be unable to receive bulk power supply from the transformers during the maintenance period. Power supply will be restored to the affected areas upon completion of the maintenance exercise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mbah explained that electricity disruptions will affect the National Hospital, G2 Injection Station, Garki, Area 1, and Asokoro.<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, areas including Apo Legislative Quarters, Apo Resettlement, Gudu, Apo Mechanic, and surrounding areas will also experience power outage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, has announced that there will be hours of power outage in some parts of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT on Saturday and Sunday, 22nd and 23rd February 2025. 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