The Kebbi State Government on Sunday appealed to the residents of Birnin Kebbi, the state capital, and its environs to be patient as the total blackout being experienced would soon be over.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, this was disclosed in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the state governor, Ahmed Idris.
Idris quoted the Secretary to the State Government, Yakubu Bala-Tafida, as making the plea when he visited the substation of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, Birnin Kebbi.
NAN recalls that on Thursday, September 14, one 90MVA (330KV/132KV) and a 60MVA (132KV/33KV) transformers were destroyed as a result of a fire incident.
NAN further recalls that the inferno had plunged Kebbi and Sokoto States as well as some parts of Zamfara State into total darkness.
The SSG said the call became imperative in view of 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, Nasir Idris, who instructed him to monitor the work, saying, “because he doesn’t want his people to remain in darkness.”
