National Grid collapses again

The National grid has suffered yet another collapse, plunging the country into another round of darkness.

The grid suffered multiple collapse in the month of October, with the Federal Government promising a permanent solution to the embarrassment.

As of 2:35pm, hourly generation readings showed that none of the the Power Generation Company had a single megawatt.

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On Saturday, October 19, 2024, the national power grid suffered a major setback, marking the eighth grid failure in 2024, with three occurring within one week.

Two days later, the grid failed again. The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) had blamed the development on blamed on a fire outbreak at the Jebba transmission station.

TCN had said the nation recorded 105 cases of grid collapse.

TCN General Manager, Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, said: “Clearly, between 2020 to date (five years), we recorded 14 total and six partial grid disturbances totalling 20, which represents a 76.47 per cent reduction in grid disturbance, when compared to the previous five years, (2015 to 2019) where we had 64 total and 21 partial grid disturbances, totalling 85 times.”

Adebayo Adelabu, Minister of Power, blamed outdated infrastructure for the incessant collapse of the national grid.

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) had decried the escalating incidence of grid disturbances often leading to marked outage in several states thus reversing many of the gains recently achieved in reducing infrastructure deficit and improving grid stability.

TCN is yet to state the reason for the current collapse.

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