Nigeria’s national grid collapsed once more on Saturday morning, marking the third such incident within a week. Power generation fell to zero megawatts (MW), leaving large parts of the country, including Abuja, Lagos, and other major cities, in darkness.
The latest collapse, confirmed by a post from the National Grid monitor reading, “BREAKING: National Grid suffers a major setback.”
“DisCo Load 08:40 a.m: Abuja DisCo- 0 MW Benin DisCo- 0 MW Eko DisCo- 0 MW Enugu DisCo- 0 MW Ibadan DisCo- 0 MW Ikeja DisCo- 0 MW Jos DisCo- 0 MW Kaduna DisCo- 0 MW Kano DisCo- 0 MW PHarcourt DisCo- 0 MW Yola DisCo- 0 MW.”
Iwitnesslive had reported that that the grid collapsed two times on Monday.
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) announced that supply had been restored to the Abuja axis and other major distribution load centres nationwide after national grid collapsed on Monday.
TCN General Manager, Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, had disclosed this in a statement, adding that ongoing restoration of the national grid was still ongoing and almost completed.
SaharaReporters reported on Monday that the national grid collapsed on Monday triggering nationwide blackout as distribution companies declared lack of supply to their customers.
