Kebbi Govt Appeals To Residents Over Total Power Outage

Kebbi Government has appealed to the residents of Birnin Kebbi and its environs to be patient, assuring that the total blackout being experienced would soon be over.

Alhaji Ahmed Idris, Chief Press Secretary to the Kebbi Governor, said this in a statement made available to newsmen on Sunday.

According to Idris, the Secretary to Kebbi State Government (SSG), Alhaji Yakubu Bala-Tafida made the plea when he visited the substation of Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) in Birnin Kebbi.

It could be recalled that on Thursday, Sept. 14, one 90MVA (330KV/132KV) and a 60MVA (132KV/33KV) transformers were destroyed as a result of a fire incident. The inferno also plunged Kebbi and Sokoto States as well as some parts of Zamfara into total darkness.

The SSG said the call became imperative given the lingering power outage being faced by the residents in the last ten days.

He said that he was at the scene on behalf of the State Governor, who instructed him to monitor the work, saying, “because he doesn’t want his people to remain in darkness.”

Bala-Tafida assured that the governor was always in support of what would bring joy and happiness to his constituents.

The SSG, who expressed satisfaction with the level of work done so far, said the team of engineers has assured that their headquarters in Abuja have given them two weeks to fix the light.

“We came, we saw the level of efforts being put in place and we are satisfied.

“All we need from our people is prayers for them to do a good job and complete it within the stipulated period and we are hopeful that the work will be completed on schedule,” he said.