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BLACKOUT IN NIGERIA AS NATIONAL GRID COLLAPSES

BLACKOUT IN NIGERIA AS NATIONAL GRID COLLAPSES
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Ekeomah Atuonwu

On Monday, Nigeria’s national grid collapsed for the second time in 2022, resulting in nationwide blackouts.

After the national grid collapsed, the blackout in Nigeria worsened at about 10:40 a.m. Monday.

With a text message delivered to its subscribers, the EkoElectricity Distribution Company and the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) backed up the Eko DisCo.

“Dear esteemed customer, a system collapse occurred on the national grid at 10:40 am today, leading to outages across our network. We are working on the situation with our TCN partners and will keep you updated.
We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience this may have caused,”
 
read the text message.

Felix Ofulue, Head, Corporate Communications, Ikeja Electric Plc, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.

Ofulue said that there was a report of system collapse at about 10.40 a.m. and it was restored at 12.20 p.m.

Nigerian MSMEs using makeshift oil lamps due to power outage /AP/

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

The development also comes as Nigerians are experiencing epileptic power supply and a hike in fuel prices.

The grid is infamous for experiencing disruptions — it collapsed in February, May, July and August 2021.

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