The National Grid in Nigeria has collapsed again, leaving Nigerians in total darkness.
The national power grid connects power generation stations to electrical loads throughout the country.
The grid collapsed at about 6:18 pm on Monday, leaving Nigerians in total darkness.
According to some distribution companies (DisCos), there is a system failure from the national grid resulting in widespread blackouts across the country.
Abuja disco AEDC confirmed the collapse in a statement on Monday:
Dear Valued Customer, Please be informed that the power outage being experienced is due to a system failure from the national grid at 6:58 pm today, affecting the power supply to our franchise areas.
“Rest assured, we are working with the relevant stakeholders to restore power as soon as the grid is stabilised. Thank you for your understanding.”
Enugu disco EEDC also informed its customers “of a general system collapse that occurred at 18:48 hours Moday, 14th October 2024,” saying 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,” the EEDC stated in the statement signed by the Head of Corporate Communications, Emeka Ezeh.
The Eko Electricity Distribution Company also addressed the situation with a statement to its customers on X, confirming the disruption in power supply.
This makes it the sixth national electricity grid collapse in 2024.
The first time the grid collapsed was on February 4.
The grid experienced another collapse on March 28.
The blackout also happened on April 15, and July 6, for the third and fourth time respectively.
The fifth grid collapse happened on August 5.
The minister of power, Adebayo Adelabu at a demonstration event of the World Bank funded supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) technology to monitor the national power grid performance said SCADA allows for real-time monitoring of grid performance.
On August 20, the TCN had said it commenced the implementation of the SCADA systems to enable real-time monitoring and control of the power grid.
The World Bank funded technology is said to be valued at $56 million.
