Two National Grids Collapse Again, Forcing Blackout Nationwide

The current blackout being experienced in parts of the country has been linked to the collapse of national grids in some northern states.

Anaedoonline.ng understands that there has been an outcry by citizens over the poor availability of electricity in some parts of the country in the last few hours.

Responding to the public outcry, two of the country’s electricity distribution companies in separate messages to their customers on Wednesday morning, confirmed the collapse.

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“We regret to inform you that the power outage currently being experienced across our franchise – Kaduna, Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara states – is as a result of the collapse of the national grid,” the Kaduna Electric notified its customers in a post on its official Twitter page.

The company appealed to its customers, assuring that power supply would be restored across its franchise as soon as the grid is restored by the Transmission Company of Nigeria team.

See the post below:

https://twitter.com/Kadunaelectric/status/1392433314473156608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1392433314473156608%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.naijanews.com%2F2021%2F05%2F12%2Fblackout-as-two-national-grids-collapse-again%2F

Also, the Eko Electricity Distribution Company Plc, in a text message forwarded to its customers, said, “Dear customer, there is a partial system collapse on the national grid. Our TCN partners are working to restore supply immediately. Please bear with us.”

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The grid, which is being managed by government-owned Transmission Company of Nigeria, has continued to suffer system collapse over the years amid a lack of spinning reserve that is meant to forestall such occurrences.

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