By Hope Temitope
The national electricity grid experienced a partial collapse on Monday, as some parts of the country experience darkness.
The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), described the development as a system failure, stating that it affected its customers on Monday afternoon and some of its customers were still without power supply by evening.
“We understand that some of our customers are still without power due to a system failure from the national grid at 2.55 pm today, August 5, 2024. Please be assured that the system is gradually stabilising, and we are working diligently with all relevant stakeholders to restore power to the affected areas as quickly as possible,” the AEDC stated,
Ndidi Mbah, spokesperson of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), promised to revert with details of the incident. She had yet to revert up till when this report was filed.
Meanwhile, checks by our correspondent confirmed that hourly power generation by the various plants dropped from 3,749 megawatts at 2 pm to 3,241MW and 1,255MW as of 3 pm. It was 4,067MW as of 11 am.
The power generation experienced gradual restoration, returning to 3,00MW at 8 pm.
Some citizens lamented that unmetered customers would still be made to pay for the period of the collapse, thereby paying for darkness, proposing that the government should address the issue of grid collapse once and for all.