Nigerians have been thrown into darkness because the nation’s energy grid skilled one other collapse within the early hours of Monday, April 15, 2024.
In response to information obtained from the Nigerian System Operator’s portal (niggrid.org), between 2:00 am until the time of submitting this report.
The grid recorded an unprecedented zero Megawatts (MW) on the time and is at present producing a meagre 52.3MW round 7:10 am the identical day.
The implications of this blackout have been felt nationwide, as electrical energy distribution corporations (DisCos) struggled to deal with the sudden and extended outage.
Many components of the nation have been plunged into darkness for over 5 hours because the grid is but to come back into full restoration.
This collapse marks the fifth grid disturbance in 2024, including to challenges which have lengthy plagued Nigeria’s energy sector.
In a 12 months already marred by disruptions, this newest incident stands out as probably the most extreme, exacerbating the continued struggles customers and trade stakeholders face.
Regardless of the widespread influence of the blackout, neither the Transmission Firm of Nigeria (TCN) nor the DisCos have but to situation an official assertion relating to the trigger and determination of the disaster.
As of the time this report was filed, the TCN had not said to substantiate the incidence, leaving the general public and stakeholders in the dead of night concerning the supply and determination of the most recent disaster.
