The frequency of fire incidents across transmission substations in Nigeria has sparked concerns about the quality of the country's transmission company procurements. Stakeholders say this portends a severe threat to the country's struggling national grid and the power sector.
The frequency of fire incidents across transmission substations in Nigeria has sparked concerns about the quality of the country's transmission company procurements. Stakeholders say this portends a severe threat to the country's struggling national grid and the power sector . For instance, the fire incidents on critical power infrastructure in Lagos, Kebbi, Niger and other states had at one time led to the collapse of the national grid .
The consequences were loss of power supply to Nigerians and damage to power infrastructure worth billions of Naira. More worrisome is that the causes of these fire incidents have remained undisclosed. Most times, the incidents, despite their huge impact on the nation's economy, are narrated with terse statements by the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN. The development casts aspersion into the quality of installations by the TCN. A report emerged four days ago alleging that the Managing Director of TCN, Sule Abdulaziz, violated the Public Procurement Act, 2007 in N5,677,692,943.26 worth of contract award in November 202
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