Lagos to experience 8 days power outage – Ikeja Electric

Ikeja Electric Plc has warned that some parts of Lagos would experience an interruption of power supply for 8 days beginning from 3 to 10 November, 2017.

Felix Ofulue, Head, Corporate Communications said in Lagos that the outage was part of the strategic efforts to improve power supply to consumers across the network.

Ofulue in a statement on the company’s website Wednesday said that the company would carry out a complete rehabilitation of Maryland Injection Substation adding that this would involve the replacement of obsolete switch gear panels at the switch room.

According to him, “The rehabilitation will affect power supply to Mende, Anthony, Maryland, Ikeja GRA, Shonibare Estate, parts of Ojota, Ketu, Ikosi, Demurin and environs. Power supply will be restored immediately after the completion of the exercise.”

He further stated that Ikeja Electric had put in place arrangements to ensure that the rehabilitation was completed within the stipulated time, while soliciting the understanding and cooperation of all consumers that would be affected by this outage.

He assured consumers that regular update would be made available through various channels of communications, especially to the Community Development Area chairmen and other stakeholders.