National Grid Collapses Again

Some of parts of Nigeria have been thrown into darkness, after the national electricity grid collapsed again on Monday.

An official of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, who confirmed the incident to Punch, said it was a partial collapse.

The TCN official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to speak to the press, noted that power is being restored gradually.

Naija News understands that this is the fifth collapse in 2024.

Meanwhile, the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has reported a significant decline in the number of national grid collapses over the last five years, amidst ongoing concerns about the country’s power supply stability.

The General Manager of Public Affairs at TCN, Ndidi Mbah, recently revealed that from 2010 to April 2024, Nigeria experienced 227 grid collapses, both total and partial. However, there has been a noticeable improvement in recent years.

“Between 2020 to date, we recorded fourteen total and six partial grid disturbances, totaling twenty,” Mbah explained.

This represents a 76.47 per cent reduction compared to the previous five-year period from 2015 to 2019, which saw sixty-four total and twenty-one partial disturbances.