The House of Representatives has mandated its Committee on Power to conduct investigation into the root causes of incessant national grid collapse in the country.
This is even as the lower legislative chamber communicated its lack of confidence in the capacity of the Transmission Company of Nigeria to address the ugly trend, as well as forestall future occurrences and protect the nation’s fragile socio-economic environment.
A lawmaker, Sani Bala, who moved a motion to the effect under matters of urgent national importance during plenary, noted that only this year, the national grid collapsed seven times, thrice higher than the figures of 2021. Also, the House regretted that it is incomprehensible that all the key power plants in the country, including Egbin, Utorogu, Chevron Oredo, Oben gas-fired power plants, Ughelli and Chevron Escravos power plants could all shut down at once.
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