By Omowumi Omotosho
The national grid, on Monday, collapsed yet again, throwing cities across the nation into darkness.
The Spokesperson of Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, Emeka Ezeh confirmed the grid collapse in a statement on Monday evening.
According to him, the general system collapse occurred at 18.48 hours on Monday.
The Disco said the development had led to a loss of power supply across its franchise.
“The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC (EEDC) wishes to inform her esteemed customers of a general system collapse that occurred at 18:48 hours today, 14th October 2024. This has resulted in the loss of supply currently being experienced across the EEDC network.
“Consequently, due to this development, all our interface TCN stations are out of supply, and we are unable to provide services to our customers in Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo States.
“We are on standby awaiting detailed information of the collapse and restoration of supply from the National Control Centre (NCC), Osogbo”, he said.
Also, Eko Distribution Company confirmed the grid collapse.
It wrote, “Dear Valued Customer,
“Kindly be informed there was a system collapse at 18:48hrs which has resulted to a loss of power supply across our network.
“We are currently working with our partners as we hope for speedy restoration of the grid. We will keep you updated as soon as power supply is restored.
“Kindly bear with us.”
It was observed that power supply was interrupted around 6:50 pm on Monday.
In August 2024, the grid recorded partial failure which resulted in a blackout. The national grid also collapsed in July this year.
Data from the Transmission Company of Nigeria showed that the country’s national grid has collapsed about 227 times in the last 14 years.
This comes amid the hike in electricity tariff in April by 240 percent which has worsened the hardship Nigerians are facing
