The Transmission Company of Nigeria on
Wednesday locked out workers from its headquarters in Abuja over a
disagreement with the management and the Federal Ministry of Power,
spiking fears that the nation may be plunged into a total blackout in
the coming days.
It was gathered that the workers were
denied entry into the headquarters of the TCN when they arrived for work
in the morning as armed mobile police officers had taken over the
premises.
A senior executive of the company told our correspondent that operations
were grounded at the TCN as a result of the development and stressed
that if the situation was not addressed immediately, it would negatively
affect the power value chain.
“Of course, the TCN headquarters is where a lot of transmission
activities are being coordinated and directives are given; a few of
these transmission activities are also being implemented here. So,
grounding activities at the TCN headquarters is not good at all for the
entire power value chain, because it may lead to blackout in most parts
of the country,” the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity due
to the sensitive nature of the matter, said.
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