The Transmission Company of Nigeria,TCN,has said that Nigeria recorded 76.47% reduction in grid disturbances in the past five years.
Its Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Sule Abdulaziz, disclosed this on Thursday, when he featured in the Meet the Press weekly briefing organised by the Presidential media team.
He also mentioned that the company has installed and commissioned 66 power transformers, completed new transmission substations and re-conducted transmission line projects.
Besides, he said the company completed 6,000MVA worth of projects under the World Bank sponsored projects.
He said that TCN is progressively expanding its transmission capacity from the national grid to Nigerians, steadily boosting power installations to efficiently transmit bulk electricity.
According to TCN, its current evacuation capability stands at 8,500MW, but was targeting the generation of 10,000MW in less than two years.
Speaking on the ongoing and future projects, Abdulaziz said the TCN is currently working on the World Bank funded SCADA project, which is 69% complete and will enhance real-time monitoring and improve grid management and efficiency.
He added that the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) is enforcing the Free Governor Control to improve grid stability and reduce transmission losses.
He revealed that the TCN has also introduced an enhanced maintenance regime, including regular inspections, preventive maintenance, and swift repairs.
He admitted some of the challenges disrupting power supplies such as insurgency and the activities of vandals, especially in the North and South-South as well as in other areas of the country at different times.
In order to address these lapses, he said TCN is collaborating with the Office of the National Security Advicer (ONSA) and security agencies including local vigilantes to secure power installations nationwide.
He added:”The power sector recorded a new and unprecedented peak generation of 5,801.84 megawatts of electricity on March 4, 2025, at 21:15 hours. The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) efficiently evacuated this bulk power, to distribution load centers nationwide.
“With the numerous TCN transmission projects completed in the last two years and new ones currently underway as well as the 8,500MW current evacuation capability of the company, I can confidently state that in less than two years from now, the Transmission Company of Nigeria will conveniently evacuate 10,000 megawatts generated power”.