Lagos — Geometric Power Nigeria has suffered its first blackout in 60 days due to gas shortages, throwing nine of the 17 Local Government Areas, LGAs, in Abia State into darkness.
Edise Ekong,, the Senior Brand and Communications Manager of Ava Power Electricity Company Ltd, a subsidiary of Geometric Power, said the blackout started at 4.33 am
Ekong, in a statement, attributed the power failure to a lack of gas supply from the Geometric Power’s business partner, Heirs Energies – operator of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPL) joint venture with Heirs Energies on the Oil Mining Lease, OML, 17 at Owaza in Ukwa West Local Government Area (LGA) of Abia State.
“We are sorry that our customers in nine of the 17 LGAs in Abia we serve faithfully to both local and international acclaim have been without light since 4.33 am because of what Heirs Energies calls a facility trip. We are working relentlessly with our gas suppliers to restore electricity to the Aba Ring-fenced Area,” yje statement
On why Geometric Power is not receiving power from the national grid as a backup, the communications manager explained that the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, has just completed a new substation dedicated to his firm, but added that it has yet to be commissioned.
