Lawmakers in the Green Chambers have asked the Ministry of Interior, to urgently provide adequate security for all transmission towers across the country to prevent further vandalism of the facilities.
This follows a motion by Oboku Oforji that recalled how on July 29, residents of Yenagoa, Bayelsa’s capital, woke up to a total blackout, occasioned by the collapse of a transmission station between Emezhi and Mbaima in Ahoada East Local Government Area of Rivers.
Citing the economic impact of the collapse, Oforji recalled that on Nov. 19, just as the work was nearing completion at Ula-Akpata in Ahoada East Local Government Area of Rivers, some hoodlums went and vandalised a section of the lines.
The lawmaker said the collapse also affected three other transmission stations between Igbogene and Nedugo Agbia in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa.
He called for more proactive measures to forestall future occurrences of vandalism of the transmission towers.
