Darkness In Nigeria As National Power Grid Collapses
By Shalom Oludele
Nigerians may have to suffer another period of darkness as the nation’s power grid has suffered a system collapse, leaving many parts of the country without electricity.
The outage occurred just after 11:00a.m. on Wednesday, disrupting power supply across various regions in the country.
Efforts made by journalists to reach the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) for an official response were unsuccessful, as its spokesperson, Ndidi Mbah, stated that she was attending a function.
However, sources within power generation companies confirmed that a general grid disturbance was responsible for the outage.
There was a trip-off causing the power to go off before noon, and has not been restored as at the time of this report.
It was gathered that most power plants on the grid lost generation when the incident occurred.
At 11:00am, hourly power generation was 4064 megawatts but this dropped to 1,203MW at 12 pm and 0.00MW at 1 pm.
This is about the first time the grid will collapse in 2025 after it experienced a line tripping in January.
In 2024, the grid collapsed 12 and over 100 times in 10 years.
On its X handle on Wednesday, the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company confirmed the development.
“Dear Valued Customer, We regret to inform you that a system disturbance occurred on the national grid at 11:34 am today causing a power outage across our franchise areas.
“While gradual restoration of power supply has commenced, please be assured that we are working closely with relevant stakeholders to fully restore electricity as soon as the grid is stabilised. Thank you for your understanding and patience as we work to serve you better,” the post reads.
