By Abiola Olawale
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has revealed that the national grid has been restored as several parts of the country have received power.
This was contained in a statement issued by the general manager (GM),public affairs, TCN, Ndidi Mbah.
Mbah explained that the national grid collapsed on Saturday due to an explosion at the bus section of a current transformer at the 330-kilovolt (kV) Jebba transmission substation, Niger state.
He added that following the incident, the commission activated a protection system, which promptly opened the busbars to curtail the explosion.
The statement reads in part: “The Transmission Company of Nigeria hereby states that the national grid experienced a temporary disturbance at about 8:15 am, today, 19th Oct. 2024.
“According to the report from the NCC, the bus section of a current transformer exploded at 330kV Jebba Transmission Substation and as expected, the protection system was activated, and this promptly opened the busbars to curtail the explosion, thereby preventing the outbreak of fire and further damage to adjacent equipment.
“The action of the protection system led to a temporary disturbance on the grid.
“Our engineers at Jebba have successfully carried out switchings, isolating the faulty current transformer. They have equally reconfigured the busbar arrangement, restoring power supply to the station, and other parts of the grid.”
The New Diplomat reports that the system failure earlier today was the third time in a week and the eighth time in 2024.
On February 4, Nigeria recorded the first national grid collapse.
Also, on March 28, April 15, July 6, and August 5, the national grid collapsed, respectively.
Nigerians experienced another blackout on October 14, and October 15, respectively.
TCN on May 1 said the number of system collapse had reduced significantly in the country.
According to the commission, the grid disturbances declined by 76.47 per cent in five years.
Also commenting on the frequent system failure at the national grid, the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, said it is inevitable due to the outdated infrastructure.
