By David Obio
The nation is undergoing a country wide blackout, the second time in the space of three months in 2024, following the collapse of the electricity grid from Oshogbo, the Osun State Capital where it is being centrally managed.
The national power grid, this time collapsed on the eve of Easter Friday celebration on Thursday at about 4:30 pm, leading to pervasive darkness in most parts of the country.
According to information from the Transmission Company of Nigeria’s TCN’s generation trend, the national grid collapse resulted in the drop of power megawatts MW, from 2,984 megawatts to zero in an hour, affecting all 21 plants connected to the grid from working at close to 5 pm.
In a statement Thursday, the Abuja Power Distribution Company, AEDC, said that the current power situation was occasioned by a system failure from the national grid.
The AEDC management said: “The system collapsed at about 16:28 hours today 28 March 2024, causing the outage currently being experienced across our franchise area.”
The management called for your understanding, stating that relevant stakeholders are working hard to restore normal power supply.
Similarly, the management of Eko Electricity Distribution Company,EKEDC, stated in a notice to its customers, that the system collapse affected power distribution and supply across its network.
The EKEDC management said that, “We are currently working with our partners as we hope for speedy restoration of the grid.
“We will keep you updated as soon as the power supply is restored. Kindly bear with us,” EKEDC said.
It would be recalled that last year alone, the national grid collapsed three consecutive times, two times in September 14, 19, 2023 and again, in December same year..
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