Nigeria National Grid Collapses For The Second Time in Under 48 Hours

For the Second Time in 48 hours, Nigeria’s National Grid once again collapsed on Thursday Morning.

A check on the Nigerian System Operator’s portal (niggrid.org) showed that power generation dropped to zero megawatts at 11:30 a.m, Thursday morning affecting generation companies across the country.

Some electricity distribution companies confirmed this Nigerian National Grid collapse on their social media platforms.

“Please be informed that we experienced a system outage today 07 November 2024 at 11:29Hrs affecting supply within our network,” the Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) serving parts of Lagos wrote on X.

“Restoration of supply is ongoing in collaboration with our critical stakeholders.
Kindly bear with us.”

The Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDP) also informed its customers of the “potential system failure”.

“Kindly be informed that at precisely 11.29 hours today, 7th November 2024, we experienced a simultaneous loss of supply across our network,” EKEDP said.

“A potential system failure or collapse is suspected. We are currently working with our partners as we hope for speedy restoration of the grid.”

This grid collapse comes as Nigerians were still awaiting Full Restoration of power after yesterday’s grid collapse.

As at the time of this report, The Transmission Company of Nigeria has yet to provide an update on the incident, which marks the 10th of such occurrences in 2024.

 

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