The Home of Representatives has urgently charged the Transmission Firm of Nigeria to revive energy in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, amid the persistent drop in electrical energy provide.
The decision of the Home adopted the adoption of a movement titled, “Name to resume the facility transmission sub-station in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, moved by member request Yenagoa/Kolokuma/Opokuma Federal Constituency, Bayelsa State, Mr Obuku Oforji.
Main the controversy on the ground of the Home throughout plenary on Wednesday, Oforji recalled that “On September 23, 2023, the 132/33KV transmission sub-station serving Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State Capital and its environs was gutted by fireplace, throwing Yenagoa in complete darkness. Subsequently, the State has been struggling to make use of solely a feeder to produce 5 feeders.
He added that the operational feeder is weakening, stressing that “If pressing steps will not be taken, the feeder will collapse.”
Cognizant that the Port Harcourt Electrical energy Distribution Firm has been finishing up remedial companies to avert the collapse of the weak operational feeder, the Home, with Speaker Abbas Tajudeen presiding, urged TCN to swiftly intervene “To stop the entire collapse of energy distribution and transmission in Yenagoa.”
It additionally mandated the Committee on Energy to make sure Compliance.
