Once again, Nigeria experienced a collapse in the national grid on Wednesday, resulting in parts of the country being plunged into darkness for the second time this year.
The collapse occurred at approximately 11:30 am, as reported by the Nigerian System Operator’s portal (niggrid.org).
The cause of the grid disturbance has not been revealed by the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN.
The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, AEDC, also confirmed the grid disturbance happening at the same time on Wednesday.
“We regret to inform you that a system disturbance occurred on the national grid at 11:34 am today (Wednesday), causing a power outage across our franchise areas.
“While gradual restoration of power supply has commenced, please be assured that we are working closely with relevant stakeholders to fully restore electricity as soon as the grid is stabilised,” AEDC said in a statement on X on Wednesday.
Similarly, a popular Nigeria National Grid account on X wrote on Wednesday, “There was a “GRID DISTURBANCE” before noon today (Wednesday). Parts of the country experienced an outage”.
