Breaking! Electricity Grid Collapses Again, Plunges Millions Into Darkness

Hamilton Nwosa
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The nation’s jaded electricity grid has suffered another system collapse, plunging parts of the country into grim darkness.

The grid collapse occured at the Osogbo, Osun State station of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN). Power infrastructure at the station was said to have failed at about 12:26 pm on Wednesday.

Reports say the national electricity grid has failed electricity consumers more than 128 times since the nation’s power sector was privatised in 2013.

Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors (ANED), the umbrella body of distribution companies, had earlier blamed the situation on the obsolete, analogue systems being used by the TCN.

Some utility companies had issued public notices about the inability to power consumers due to the challenge.

“We have been unable to serve our customers in Niger, Kogi and Nasarawa states as well as a significant portion of the entire Federal Capital Territory,” a notice by the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company had said.

“Only 20MW has been allocated to AEDC as against the over 400MW that we have been receiving in recent times,” AEDC said while promising to restore power across its franchise area as soon as there was an improvement in load allocation from the grid.

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