Victor EzejaNigeria’s national power grid has collapsed again, throwing the country into total blackout.
Checks by Prime Business Africa correspondent reveal that the national grid collapsed around 3 pm on Saturday.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelA check on the website of the Nigeria Electricity System Operator, an arm of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) shows that the power grid dropped to 0.80 Mega watt around 4 pm from about 3,500MW of electricity, earlier.
Prime Business Africa reports that this is the seventh time the country is experiencing grid collapse in 2024.
Some electricity distribution companies have notified their customers about power supply cut.
The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC), in a statement signed by its head of Head, Corporate Communications, Emeka Ezeh, said the grid collapse has the company unable to provide services to its customers in Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo States.
The statement said: “The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC (EEDC) wishes to inform her esteemed customers of a general system collapse which occurred at 15:09 hours today, 6th July, 2024.
“This has resulted in the loss of supply currently being experienced across the network.
“Due to this development, all our interface TCN stations are out of supply, and we are unable to provide services to our customers in Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo States.
“We are on standby awaiting detailed information of the collapse and restoration of supply from the National Control Centre (NCC), Osogbo.”
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Also, the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), in a statement posted on its X handle on Saturday, evening, said power outage experienced within its jurisdiction was due to system failure from the national grid.
It assured customers that the power failure is being addressed.
“Gradual restoration of power supply is ongoing across our franchise.
“Rest assured, we are collaborating with the relevant stakeholders to fully restore power to all affected areas as quickly as possible,” Abuja DisCo said in a statement.
Also, Ikeja Electric in a public notice, confirmed that service disruption within its area of coverage was due to collapse of the national grid.
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The DisCo also assured customers that it is collaborating with relevant stakeholders within the power sector value chain to “ensure speedy restoration of supply.”
Victor Ezeja is a passionate journalist with six years of experience writing on economy, politics and energy. He holds a Masters degree in Mass Communication.
