Nigeria In Total Darkness As Labour Union Shuts Down National Grid

<h4>Nigeria In Total Darkness As Labour Union Shuts Down National Grid<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that the Transmission Company of Nigeria says the Labour Union has shut down the national grid&comma; resulting in a blackout as a nationwide strike begins&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>TCN in a statement states that the national grid shutdown occurred at about 2&period;19 am Monday&comma; 3rd June 2024&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The shutdown started from the Benin transmission operator to other substations in Ganmo&comma; Benin&comma; Ayede&comma; Olorunsogo&comma; Akangba and Osogbo&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>TCN also says power generating units from different generating stations were forced to shut down some units of their generating plants&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>At about 3&period;23 am Monday&comma; however&comma; TCN says it has commenced grid recovery&comma; using the Shiroro Substation to attempt to feed the transmission lines supplying bulk electricity to the Katampe Transmission Substation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>TCN assures that it will sustain efforts in recovering and stabilizing the grid to ensure the restoration of normal bulk transmission of electricity to distribution load centres nationwide&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;