Grid Collapse: TCN Promises Backup System to End Blackouts
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Grid Collapse: TCN Promises Backup System to End Blackouts

Politics tamfitronics Grid Collapse: TCN Promises Backup System to End BlackoutsThe Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), has promised a backup or buffer system to ensure that Nigerians won’t be thrown into blackout whenever the national grid collapses.TCN Managing Director, Sule Abdulaziz, stated this Channels Television’s Sunday Politics programme.He blamed aged infrastructure as old as 50 years for the frequent grid collapses in the country.Abdulaziz said, “Presently, we are doing the scatter system for the whole network and it is funded by the World Bank, and the project will take two years to be completed, and now, we have done 70% of the project.“Almost a month ago, we were at Gwagwalada (in Abuja) with the World Bank where we celebrated the project. It is 70 percent completed. Once we have the scatter system, it will reduce...
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Tugendhat promises return of honest politics as he launches Tory leadership bid
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Tugendhat promises return of honest politics as he launches Tory leadership bid

Politics tamfitronics Tom Tugendhat has promised a return of honesty to politics as he formally launches his campaign to be the next Conservative Party leader.The Tory former minister will launch his bid to be Rishi Sunak’s successor in a speech in central London on Tuesday, in which he will insist only under his stewardship can the Conservatives win back the trust of the public after “recent games” at Westminster which have plagued the party.Mr Tugendhat, the shadow security minister, will touch on his ambition to increase defence spending to 3% of gross domestic product (GDP) and will also set out his vision for strengthening the Union.We need a government that will serve, lead, and act. That’s why I am standing before you today. Because this country can change. We must changeTom TugendhatThe senior Tory is...
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