The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu while fielding questions from journalists after meeting with the President, about the incessant grid collapse in the country, the minister said the national grid Infrastructure was constructed over 50 years ago.
He said the transmission lines spread across the north were weak, the towers falling apart and the sub-stations unable to aid power distribution to households.
He said: we have a national grid of over 50 years old, whose transmission lines are weak, the towers falling, and the sub-stations, the transformers are old. The transformer that exploded in Jeba was 47 years old. We have been trying to change them, but they cannot all be changed overnight,” Adelabu stated.
Addressing the current blackout in the northern part of the country, Adelabu said he confided in the president about constraints of insecurity in restoring power to the North, disclosed that he also secured the president’s approval to deploy security personnel to guard workers tasked with the repair of some of the failed power infrastructure.
Reacting to the power situation currently in the north, Rabiu Kwankwaso said it is time the country looked at alternative power sources to address its energy needs, stressing the need to exploit the abundant resources in the country.
