- Nigeria’s National Energy Grid collapses around 7 pm on Sunday.
- Osogbo system shut down at 6.49 pm.
- Abdulazeez Abdullahi, Head of Corporate Communication at Kaduna DisCo, laments the effect of the recurrent collapse on franchises.
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), which operates Nigeria’s energy grid, has again collapsed. The incident occurred around 7:00 pm on Sunday and has been reoccurring recently. Remember that the grid has broken down roughly ten times this year, with power generation hovering around 2,000 megawatts for the last three months.
The system, operated from Osogbo in Osun State, shut down at about 6.49 pm, according to many of the Distribution Companies (DisCos) who confirmed the news to The Guardian last night.
Emeka Ezeh, Enugu DisCo’s Head of Corporate Communications, claimed the company’s outgoing feeders were all down, disrupting supplies to consumers in Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo states. “We are on standby, awaiting further information on the restoration of supply from the National Control Centre (NCC),” he said.
In a statement to subscribers, Abdulazeez Abdullahi, Head of Corporate Communication at Kaduna DisCo, lamented that a nationwide grid system failure caused the power outage affecting the company’s franchise states. “At 6:47 pm, the system went down, resulting in a loss of supply on all of our outbound feeders. As soon as the national grid is restored, power will be restored,” he said.
In a statement to consumers, the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) blamed the blackout on the development, asking for patience “while all parties work hard to restore regular service.”
Nigeria’s Osogbo-based national grid has failed electricity consumers more than 130 times since it was privatized in 2013.