The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has debunked online reports attributed to its Head of Public Affairs that there would be a national blackout on account of the ongoing nationwide labour strike.

While describing the report as false and totally misleading, the TCN, in a statement by its management on Tuesday, noted that the report was “mischievous and baseless,” adding that “TCN, through the Public Affairs Head, did not make such statement.”

“We hereby note that the nation’s grid is intact and supplying bulk electricity to distribution load centers nationwide.

“As at when issuing this statement, the TCN National Control Centre Osogbo which controls bulk power transmission nationwide, is actively operational.

“We would appreciate that reports are made with a sense of responsibility not just to cause panic,” the statement reads in part.

FALSE PUBLICATION BY DAILY POST ON NATIONAL BLACKOUT

The Transmission Company of Nigeria hereby states that the publication by Daily Post alleging that the Head of Public Affairs of TCN said that there will be a national blackout is false and totally misleading. pic.twitter.com/h97DGV15MN

— TCNNIGERIA (@TCN_NIGERIA) November 14, 2023