Nigerians thrown in darkness as power grid collapses for the fifth time in 2024
For the fifth time in 2024, the national grid on Monday collapsed, throwing the entire country into a total blackout.
According to a post on the Independent Service Operator (ISO) website, an independent arm of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) that monitors the transfer of electricity on the power grid, the electricity transmission on the grid dropped to 0.00 megawatt by 7 pm, meaning no electricity was transmitted from electricity generation stations to the 11 electricity distribution companies in the country.
The drop was from 3,566 megawatts around 6 pm.
Confirming the collapse on the X handle, the Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) said the incident occurred around 6:48 pm.
The message signed by its Head of Corporate Communications, Sani Bala Sani, noted: “We regret to inform you that the current power outage currently being experienced in our franchise is due to a system disturbance
which occurred at 06:48 pm today, 14th October 2024.
“This has resulted in our inability to distribute electricity to our esteemed customers. We are appealing to our valued customers to kindly bear with us as we monitor the situation for the soonest restoration.”
He urged customers to safeguard electricity infrastructure from vandals’ activities during this time.
