By Ken Afor
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) Tuesday denounced a claim credited to its Head of Public Affairs that a nationwide blackout was going to take place due to the current labour strike, calling it untrue and highly deceptive.
The company management declared that the report was ‘mischievous and baseless,’ highlighting that TCN did not publish such a statement through its Public Affairs Head.
The full statement read: “The Transmission Company of Nigeria hereby states that the publication by Daily Post alleging that the Head of Public Affairs of TCN said that there will be a national blackout is false and totally misleading.
“The statement is mischievous and baseless as TCN, through the Public Affairs Head, did not make such statement.
“We hereby note that the nation’s grid is intact and supplying bulk electricity to distribution load centers nationwide.
“As at when issuing this statement, the TCN National Control Centre Osogbo which controls bulk power transmission nationwide, is actively operational. We would appreciate that reports are made with a sense of responsibility not just to cause panic.”
