Once again, Nigeria’s national electricity grid has almost completely stopped working as the collapse severely affected major parts of the country, with the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, included.
The collapse happened on Sunday towards nighttime and caused total blackout as records have it that this is the 5th time, almost consecutively, the national electricity grid would fold up and stop working.
All the collapse happened just in 2022 as it would be recalled that the distribution companies earlier spoke to their customers about the present conditions of the electricity supply.
However, the power distribution companies hinted that the collapse happened by 6.49pm on Sunday and they were forced to shut down outgoing electricity feeders.
In a post on Twitter, the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company Plc and Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company in separate messages confirmed the grid collapse.
Reasons earlier given by the companies regarding power generation on the system is that the supply had continued to fluctuate due to various concerns such as gas constraint, water management challenges, gas pipeline vandalism, among others.
Confirming Sunday’s collapse in a notice on its verified Twitter handle, entitled, “Power Outage In Our Franchise Due To Grid Collapse,” Kaduna Disco 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.