The national power grid has suffered another system collapse, three electricity distribution companies (DISCOs) have confirmed.
The collapse occurred in the afternoon on Wednesday, according to the DISCOs. This is the third time the grid will be collapsing since February this year. When it collapsed in May this year, the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) promised to investigate the cause.
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Kaduna Electric, in a statement by its Head, Corporate Communication, Abdulazeez Abdullahi, said “Dear Esteemed Customers, We regret to inform you that the power outage being experienced in our franchise states is due to System Collapse of the National Grid which occurred at about 12:22 pm.
“Power supply shall be restored as soon as the National Grid is powered back. Our sincere apologies for any inconvenience.”
Eko Electricity Distribution Company, in a text message to its customers, said, “Dear customer, the present outage is due to a system collapse on the National Grid. TCN (Transmission Company of Nigeria) assures us that supply will be restored shortly.”
The Kano Electricity Distribution Company, said in a statement by its spokesman, Nura Shawai, “This is to kindly inform the general public of another system collapse based on information available to us. This occurred today 28/7/2021 at 12:20 pm, as the national grid was disrupted, resulting in national blackout.
“However, the grid controllers have assured that efforts towards restoring supply are in progress, promising speedy reconnection of Kano and other locations to the grid, as soon as the fault is rectified.”
