Most parts of Kano metropolis have been thrown into darkness, following a fire outbreak at the Kofar Dan’agundi transmission station in Kano.
Socio-economic activities have also been paralised in the commercial city as a result of the incident.
Head, Corporate Communications, Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO), Mr. Sani Bala-Sani, said one of the two 60 MVA transformers in the station was burnt, stating that this had affected power supply to the central part of Kano metropolis.
According to him, the affected areas would remain in darkness until the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) rectified the problem.
“It is the responsibility of Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) to either repair the burnt transformer or replace it with another one,” he said.
He, however, said KEDCO engineers had already swung into action to divert the lines of customers affected to the other transformer, pending when the TCN rectified the problem.
“This will serve as an interim measure because all the affected areas will be on load shedding,” he said.
He appealed to TCN to repair the transformer in good time to save the company (KEDCO) from losing revenue from its customers in the city.
Bala-Sani said the appeal was necessary, recalling that the Kumbotso transmission substation which was also gutted by fire about two years ago had yet to be fixed.
“We have a similar problem at Kumbotso transmission substation which was gutted by fire about two years ago, but has yet to be repaired,” Sani added.
