The Nigerian Senate has expressed concern over the spate of vandalism of power lines that led to total blackout in the northern states, particularly Kano, Jigawa, Katsina and other North West areas.
While presiding over plenary on Tuesday, the Deputy Senate President, Jibrin Barau, lamented the long period of power outages and informed lawmakers in the upper legislative chamber that the situation calls for concern.
Barau explained that restoring the vandalised transmission line became pretty difficult because the specific area of vandalism was terrorist-infested; hence, it wasn’t safe for the staff of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, to work on restoration.
According to him, the destroyed high-tension cable was the single runway that supplies power to the North but he added that security agents are currently working to ensure the lines are restored.
He said: “Let me seize the opportunity to inform the Senate that the leadership of the Senate is concerned about the lack of electricity supply in the northern part of this country. This is because the transmission line, which supplies power to the North, has been vandalised.