Blackouts: DisCos Apologise to Nigerians, Warn Against Return of Blame Game

Electricity distribution companies have apologised to Nigerians over weeks of prolonged blackouts, and warned that finger-pointing among sector operators is making the crisis worse.
The managing director and CEO of the Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors (ANED), Sunday Oduntan, offered the apology on Monday while appearing on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily. He said Nigerians had been put through hardship and were owed an acknowledgement.
Oduntan said the sector had slipped back into the pattern of 2016 to 2019, when DisCos, the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), generation companies (GenCos) and gas suppliers each blamed another link in the chain for poor supply,...