Nigeria’s electricity power grid has collapsed again, making it the sixth time in the first quarter of 2024.
The grid collapsed around 2:42 am on Monday, with generation dropping to 64.70 megawatt.
Reports have it that only one generation company, Ibom Power, was active according to data from the Independent System Operator (ISO), a branch of the Transmission Company of Nigeria.
As of 8 am on Monday, the latest data from the ISO showed that the grid is currently generating 266.50mw of electricity from Okpai, Geregu, and Ibom power.
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Confirming the collapse in a statement, Jos DisCo said:
“The current outage being experienced within our franchise States is a result of loss of power supply from the national grid. The loss of power supply from the national grid occurred in the early hours at about 0242 hours today, Monday, 15th April 2024, hence the loss of power supply on all our feeders.”
The company’s head of Corporate Affairs, Dr Friday Adakole Elijah, expressed hope that the grid will be restored for normal power supply to its esteemed customers.