The crash of the national electricity grid caused a nationwide power outage on Monday.
It was the second crash of the national grid in 2022.
Confirming the development on its Twitter page on Monday, the Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKDC) said the system collapse occurred on the national grid at 10:40 am.
“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,” the message read.
The PUNCH newspaper reported that Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company (KEDC), also notified its customers of the grid crash on Monday.
“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.
“Power supply shall be restored as soon as the national grid is powered back. Our sincere apologies for any inconvenience,” a text message sent to customers by the company read.
The power situation across the country has been epileptic in the past few weeks, with electricity consumers complaining of constant power outage.
Efforts made to get the reaction of spokesperson of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) Tina Mba were not successful.
She did not respond to phone calls and SMS as of the time of filing this report.
Credit: PUNCH
