Power Outage at the Senate Delays Plenary Take-Off

Power outage on Tuesday, delayed the commencement of the plenary in the Senate.

The power went off after senators were seated in the chamber, subjecting them to an intense heat.

The outage was caused by a fault in the standby generator supplying power to the senate wing of the National Assembly Complex, Abuja.

It took technicians about thirty minutes to fix the faulty generators and restore power to the chamber.

After the power restoration, the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio commenced the plenary with an apology.

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Akpabio, however, said power was yet to be restored to nine offices in the senate wing, and that technicians have assured restoration.

Chairman of the Committee on Senate Services, Sunday Karimi, said the power outage was caused by a fault in the generator.

Mr Karimi, the senator representing Kogi representing Kogi West on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC), said the fault was subsequently rectified.

It is an uncommon incident. Since the 10th Assembly, we have not heard this kind of experience. Often when we are sitting, we use the generator.

Unfortunately today, our generator developed a fault. It has nothing to do with the fuel issue. So, it was time to switch to the second generator used by the House of Representatives.

You will also observe that within 10 to 15 minutes of switching, our generator was restored.

I am aware of the fact that our generator is back and all the facilities that are powered by the generator have been restored” Mr Karimi added.

The Senate and House of Representatives chambers have been under renovation in the last two years.