Arewacin Nijeriya ta shiga cikin duhu na tsawon kwanaki 14, saboda lalata da vandals suka yi wa layin watsa wutar lantarki na 330 kilovolt (kV) daga Shiroro zuwa Kaduna. Wannan lalata ta yi sanadiyar rashin wutar lantarki a jihar 17 na arewacin Nijeriya, wanda ya yi sanadiyar tsufa ga ayyukan tattalin arziwa na zamantakewar al’umma.
Gwamnatin tarayya ta bayyana cewa za a dawo da wutar lantarki a yankin arewacin Nijeriya da ranar 12 ga watan Novemba, 2024. Ministan wutar lantarki, Adebayo Adelabu, ya tabbatar da haka yayin da yake amsa tambayoyi daga sanatai a majalisar dattijai. Ya ce anfarin dawo da wutar lantarki za a kammala cikin kwanaki uku masu zuwa.
Shugaban ƙasa, Bola Tinubu, ya umurci Ministan wutar lantarki da sauran hukumomin da suka shafi ya sauraren aikin gyara layin watsa wutar lantarki. Ya kuma umurci Mashawarcin Tsaron Ƙasa, Nuhu Ribadu, da ya bayar da tallafin tsaro ga ma’aikatan gyaran layin watsa wutar lantarki.
Kompanin watsa wutar lantarki ta Nijeriya (TCN) ta bayyana cewa tsaro ya yi sanadiyar tsawon lokacin da ake bukatar dawo da wutar lantarki. MD na TCN, Sule Abdulaziz, ya ce an fara aikin gyara layin watsa wutar lantarki na Shiroro-Mando, amma bandits sun hana ma’aikatan TCN yin aiki cikin aminci. An fara amfani da sojojin Nijeriya da kungiyoyin kare kasa don kare ma’aikatan.
Gwamnonin jihar 19 na arewacin Nijeriya sun taru a Kaduna don tattaunawa kan matsalar rashin wutar lantarki. Sun kira da a yi daidaito a fannin makamashin duniya saboda matsalar rashin wutar lantarki da ke faruwa a yankin.
