By Abiola Olawale
Nigerians found themselves once again in the grips of darkness as the national power grid suffered yet another collapse on Wednesday.
The New Diplomat reports that the situation has been alarmingly frequent, with the grid experiencing a total of 12 failures in 2024 alone.
This ongoing instability has left many households and businesses struggling to cope with the persistent outages, highlighting the pressing challenges facing the country’s energy sector.
The latest collapse was confirmed in a terse statement issued on the official handle of Nigeria’s National Grid.
The statement reads: “The major grid setback has occurred and the restoration is to commence.”
It would be recalled that this comes after the national grid collapsed on November 5, 2024.
Also, the grid collapsed three times in one week in October.
The national grid collapsed on October 17, 2024. Also, the national grid collapsed on October 15, 2024. This came hours after the national grid had collapsed on October 14, 2024.
The country was also plunged into darkness due to the grid failure on 6 July 2024.
Also, the country suffered another nationwide blackout on March 28. On April 14, the nation’s electricity grid experienced another system collapse.
The national electricity grid, on February 4, collapsed for the first time in 2024.
