UCH installs new power station to tackle electricity issues

The University College Hospital (UCH) in Ibadan, Oyo State, is setting up a new 11kV power station. They expect to restore electricity from the national grid to the main hospital by Wednesday.

As of Monday, UCH reported that the new substation was 60 percent complete. They hope to finish the project before bringing back primary grid power on November 11.

In a post on their Facebook page, UCH shared that they shut down the old substation on Friday, November 6. Installation of the new equipment started the next day.

During this time, the hospital is using generators to power critical areas.

“System commissioning and final restoration of primary grid power to the main hospital are projected for Wednesday, November 11, 2026,” the hospital stated.

The hospital did not say why they needed the new substation. They also did not explain if the new station would solve electricity problems beyond the main hospital or fix issues reported around the College of Medicine area.

This installation comes as UCH has faced ongoing electricity issues. These problems have disrupted services and caused protests from healthcare workers.

In October 2026, resident doctors at UCH went on a three-day warning strike. They were unhappy about constant electricity failures and water shortages near the College of Medicine.

The doctors wanted the hospital to restore electricity to the affected area. They also asked for urgent repairs to broken circuit breakers and a more reliable power supply throughout the hospital.

Though the doctors ended the strike on October 15, they warned that if the electricity and water issues continued, they might strike again.

In March 2026, PREMIUM TIMES reported that UCH was facing another power crisis. Workers and patients were worried about how electricity shortages were affecting healthcare.

This latest crisis followed a disconnection from the national grid by the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) in October 2024. This disconnection happened over unpaid electricity bills. The hospital’s management had said the bills had piled up to about N3.1 billion at that time.