The federal authorities has moved to strengthen safety round electrical energy infrastructure, with the establishing of a ministerial committee to coordinate the battle in opposition to vandalism, blamed for repeated energy disruptions and dear repairs.
Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, convened the committee’s inaugural assembly in Abuja, bringing collectively safety businesses and authorities establishments to develop a coordinated technique for shielding property throughout the electrical energy worth chain, an announcement from the ministry stated.
“The committee was constituted in response to attacks on generation, transmission and distribution infrastructure, which disrupt supply to consumers, increase repair costs and erode the investment on which the sector depends. Its mandate also includes defining the contribution each institution will make toward a lasting solution,” the assertion added.
In latest years, the sector has witnessed vital from the actions of vandals who routinely assault vital infrastructure. For occasion, the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) recorded 42 vandalism incidents affecting 178 transmission towers in the primary half of 2025 alone, highlighting the vulnerability of infrastructure vital to delivering electrical energy nationwide.
Between January and November 2024 alone, the federal government spent N8.8 billion repairing 128 vandalised transmission towers, diverting scarce sources from community growth and modernisation to the restoration of broken property.
