Nigeria, Oct. 26 -- The Mainpower Electricity Distribution Limited (MEDL) has announced a planned six-day power outage across many communities in four local government areas of Enugu State.

MEDL is a power distribution firm in Enugu and a subsidiary of Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, responsible for power supply in the South-east.

The MEDL spokesperson, Emeka Ezeh, said in a statement on Monday that the outage would be carried out by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) station in Nsukka.

Mr Ezeh said the outage would begin on Thursday, 5 November, and run until Tuesday, 10 November, between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. daily.

"The planned outage is to enable the TCN technical team to carry out maintenance work on some equipme...