The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says the country supplies electricity to neighbouring nations such as Togo, Benin Republic and Niger Republic.
TCN’s Chief Executive Officer Sule Abdulaziz said this last night on Channels Television.
Nigeria’s power sector has in the last week experienced a series of blackouts with the national grid collapsing thrice in seven days.
But Abdulaziz says some Nigerians are enjoying constant power supply especially those in Band A.
“Nigerians are getting 24-hour supply; it’s not everybody. Those people that are in band A, you will see that they get 20 to 22 hours,” he said.
According to him, electricity distribution companies better known as DiScos prioritise those in Band A and are expected to supply them “between 18 hours and 22 hours” of electricity.
The incessant grid collapse has raised concerns among Nigerians who have questioned the handling of the country’s power sector.
However, the TCN chief blamed aged infrastructure for the frequent grid collapse but said a backup system is in the works.
“Presently, we are doing the scatter system for the whole network and it is funded by the World Bank, and the project will take two years to be completed, and now, we have done 70% of the project,” he said.
“Almost a month ago, we were at Gwagwalada (in Abuja) with the World Bank where we celebrated the project. It is 70 percent completed. Once we have the scatter system, it will reduce the frequency of getting system disturbances.”
