Felicia Asuquo, Abuja
Following the blackout in the northern region which has now led to paralysed the social and economic activities in the region in the last week,the President,Bola Ahmed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has expressed concern over the blackout in the northern region, thereby summoning the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, and the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu.
Investigator news reports that President Tinubu who is saddened by the reports of vandalism and wilful destruction of power infrastructure and other public assets that caused the unfortunate blackout has directed the Minister of Power and relevant agencies to speed up the pace of work to restore electricity to all the affected states in the North.
In a meeting with the Minister of Power, Mr Adebayo Adelabu highlighted the efforts made by the Transmission Company of Nigeria to repair the damaged Shiroro-Kaduna transmission line.
President Tinubu went further to charge TCN engineers not to relent in bringing immediate relief to the people who need electricity to sustain their social and economic activities.
To ensure that restoration work continues unhindered, President Tinubu also directed the National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, to work with the Army and Air Force to deploy adequate security personnel, including aerial cover, to protect the engineers who are fixing the damaged transmission line.
While imploring traditional ruler community leaders, and other leaders of thought to work with security agencies to protect public assets and infrastructure,he noted that the government will no longer condone deliberate sabotage and destruction of public utilities.