Ikeja Electric warns Amuwo residents of months-long power outage

Residents and businesses successful parts of Amuwo-Odofin person been informed of a scheduled energy outage arsenic the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, and Ikeja Electric statesman rehabilitation and attraction works connected the 132kV GIS Substation astatine the Amuwo Transmission Station.

According to a connection issued by the absorption of Ikeja Electric, the outage is acceptable to commence connected Wednesday, 18 March 2026, astatine 10:00 a.m., and is expected to proceed until Thursday, 30 July 2026.

Explaining the necessity of the blackout, the absorption noted that the task is captious for the aboriginal of the section powerfulness grid.

The outage volition specifically impact customers connected to respective cardinal feeders. The affected lines see the 11-AmuwoINJ-T1 serving Old Ojo Road and Ijesha Express, arsenic good arsenic the 11-AmuwoINJ-T2 covering Jakande 1 and 2. Also affected are the 33-AmuwoTCN lines supplying Amukoko and the Hongxing 1 and 2 areas.

In the statement, the absorption emphasised the value of the exercise, explaining that it is simply a captious upgrade aimed astatine strengthening powerfulness infrastructure and enhancing the reliability and ratio of energy proviso to residents and businesses wrong the affected areas.

The inferior steadfast acknowledged the trouble this semipermanent attraction mightiness airs to regular beingness and...