The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, has debunked claims national grid collapse, arguing that the national grid did not experience a collapse on Friday.
In a statement, TCN’s General Manager of Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, explained that “It’s line tripping, not grid collapse. The line tripping, which happened at 2 pm, led to a reduction in electricity supply allocation on Friday.”
Speculations about national collapse arose after electricity distribution companies reported a reduction in electricity allocation from TCN, resulting in outages across their networks.
Ikeja Electric, in a notice to its customers on Friday, stated, “Please be informed that we experienced a system outage today, 07/03/2025, at 14:00 hours, affecting supply within our network. Restoration of supply is ongoing in collaboration with our critical stakeholders.”
Similarly, Eko Electricity Distribution Company stated, “The current power situation is due to reduced power allocation from our TCN partners aimed at maintaining grid stability.”
