Following the recent collapse of the national grid in 2022, Lagos State and seven other states, on Monday, witnessed blackout.
According to reports, the states affected include Lagos, Enugu, Kaduna, Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo States, among others.
In a text message to its customers, The Eko Electricity Distribution Company, said that the system collapse occurred on the national grid at 10:40 am, making it the second time such occurrence will happen.
The text message read: “Dear esteemed customer, a system collapse occurred on the national grid at 10:40 am today, leading to outages across our network.
“We are working on the situation with our TCN partners and will keep you updated. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience this may have caused.”
In a related development, the Kaduna Electricity confirmed that the system collapsed, and assured its customers that power would soon be restored.
“We regret to inform you that the power outage being experienced in our franchise states is due to System Collapse of the National Grid which occurred at about 10:40 am,” the firm said.
“Power supply shall be restored as soon as the National Grid is powered back. Our sincere apologies for any inconvenience,” it said in a text message.
Also, the Enugu Electricity Distribution PLC, informed its esteem customers that the system collapse affected supply in Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo States respectively.
In a notice signed by EEDC Head, Corporate Communications, Emeka Ezeh, it stated that the system collapsed on Monday, 14th March 2022 at 10:40 am.