Blackout As National Grid Collapses Again
By Sulaimon Salau
Nigerianshave been thrown into another round of blackout as the national grid collapses again today (Tuesday).
The frequent outages as a result of national grid failure has become a source of worry for electricity consumers across the country. SlyeNews reports that this marks the ninth time such grid failure will occured this year.
Co firming this incidence, the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) called it a “partial collapse”.
General Manager, Public Affairs, TCN, Ndidi Mbah, stated: “The national grid experienced a partial disturbance at about 1:52 pm today, 5th November 2024.
“This followed a series of lines and generators trippings that caused instability of the grid and, consequently, the partial disturbance of the system.
“The data from the National Control Centre (NCC) revealed that a part of the grid was not affected by the bulk power disruption.
“TCN engineers are already working to quickly restore bulk power supply to the states affected by the partial disturbance. Presently, bulk power supply has been restored to Abuja, at 2.49pm, and we are gradually restoring to other parts of the country.
“We sincerely apologize for every inconvenience this may cause our electricity customers,” Mbah stated.
Also the Abuja Disco, in a public notice said: “Please be informed that the power outage being experienced is due to a system failure from the national grid at 1:52pm today, affecting the power supply to our franchise areas.
“Rest assured, we are working with the relevant stakeholders to restore power as soon as the grid is stabilized,” it stated.
