Nigeria’s national electricity grid has collapsed for the seventh time this year on Monday, October 14, 2024, at about 18:48 GMT, throwing Africa’s most populous nation into total darkness.
The cause of the incident is not yet known as the country’s transmission company, TCN, is yet to issue an official statement on the incident.
Most of the power distribution companies are reporting zero supply.
In a statement issued by Emeka Ezeh, Head of Corporate Communications at Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, it said: “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 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 concluded.
Another Disco, EKEDC, in a notice to customers, wrote: “Kindly be informed there was a system collapse at 18:48hrs which has resulted in 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 possible supply is restored.”
Source: https://energynewsafrica.com
