Eko Electricity Distribution Plc is accelerating efforts to restore power to Festac Town and Amuwo Odofin in Lagos, following weeks of severe outages.
The disruption stems from a combination of national grid upgrades and a surge in cable vandalism, which the utility says has severely hampered its ability to maintain supply.
A new feeder line is now awaiting approval from the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) to facilitate the restoration process.
The immediate challenge for traders and investors monitoring the Nigerian power sector is the operational fragility exposed by these dual shocks.
While grid upgrades are intended to improve long-term capacity, the concurrent vandalism of infrastructure has created a bottleneck that delays the benefits of those investments.
The dependency on TCN approval for the new feeder introduces a regulatory and procedural lag that could prolong the outage for commercial and residential customers in one of Nigeria's most critical economic hubs.