Nigeria, July 29 -- The Chief Executive Officer of the Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors (ANED), Sunday Oduntan, has assured residents of Lagos that electricity distribution companies will keep to their supply schedule during the maintenance-inspired power disruption in the state.

The assurance implies that power will be restored by 5 p.m. daily during the 25-day maintenance of the Omotosho-Ikeja West 330kV transmission line.

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) had announced the scheduled maintenance, which began on Monday, would continue until Thursday, 21 August.

According to the TCN, the exercise is expected to cause intermittent power outages between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. daily in Lagos.

Mr Oduntan, speaking on Ch...