Blackout As Labour Shuts Down National Grid
The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, says the “labour union has shut down” the national grid, resulting in a blackout nationwide.
The national grid shutdown occured at about 2.19 am on June 3, 2024.
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, commenced m their indefinite nationwide strike today, over the federal government’s refusal to increase the minimum wage from N60,000.
In a statement on Monday signed by Ndidi Mbah its general manager, the TCN, said workers at the Benin Transmission were sent from the control room and beaten by the protesters.
The statement read: “At about 1:15am this morning, the Benin Transmission Operator under the Independent System Operations unit of TCN reported that all operators were driven away from the control room and that staff that resisted were beaten while some were wounded in the course of forcing them out of the control room and without any form of control or supervision, the Benin Area Control Center was brought to zero.
“Other transmission substations that were shut down, by the Labour Union include the Ganmo, Benin, Ayede, Olorunsogo, Akangba and Osogbo Transmission Substations.
The sudden forced load cuts led to high frequency and system instability, which eventually shut down the national grid at 2:19am.”
