Nigeria has been plunged into darkness once again following another collapse of the national grid on Wednesday.
Recall that the grid experienced multiple collapses in October, with the Federal Government promising a permanent solution to the ongoing issue.
A post on the official account of Nigeria’s national grid on X revealed that the collapse occurred at about 2:06 pm on Wednesday.
Nigeria has been plunged into darkness once again following another collapse of the national grid on Wednesday.
Recall that the grid experienced multiple collapses in October, with the Federal Government promising a permanent solution to the ongoing issue.
A post on the official account of Nigeria’s national grid on X revealed that the collapse occurred at about 2:06 pm on Wednesday.
This development, which marks the 12th grid collapse in 2024, adds to challenges that have long plagued Nigeria’s power sector.
The Independent System Operator (ISO) website, a division of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), stated that as of 2:00 pm, revealed that none of the power generation plants connected to the national grid were producing electricity.
According to reports from various distribution companies spanning the nation’s 36 states, their feeders were rendered inactive, resulting in widespread blackouts across the country.
This incident marks another setback for Nigeria’s electricity sector, which has been marred by persistent issues despite privatisation efforts aimed at revitalisation.
In a statement, the Jos Disco confirmed the collapse, saying: “The current outage being experienced within our franchise States is a result of loss of power supply from the national grid.
“The loss of power supply from the national grid occurred this afternoon at about 1333 hours of today, Wednesday, 11th December 2024, hence the loss of power supply on all our feeders.
“We hope to restore normal power supply to our esteemed customers as soon as the grid supply is restored back to normalcy.
