The national power grid suffered another system collapse on Wednesday, July 28, making worse the blackout being experienced by households and businesses in parts of Nigeria.
The collapse occurred early Wednesday afternoon and was confirmed by two of the electricity distribution companies in the country.
In the text message to its customers, Eko Electricity Distribution Company said, “Dear customer, the present outage is due to a system collapse on the National Grid. TCN (Transmission Company of Nigeria) assures us that supply will be restored shortly.”
Also, the Head of Kano Electricity Distribution Company, Nura Shawai, a statement on Wednesday said, “This is to kindly inform the general public of another system collapse based on information available to us.
“This occurred today 28/7/2021 at 12:20 pm, as the national grid was disrupted, resulting in national blackout.
“However, the grid controllers have assured that efforts towards restoring supply are in progress, promising speedy reconnection of Kano and other locations to the grid, as soon as the fault is rectified.”
The national grid managed by government-owned Transmission Company of Nigeria, has often suffered system collapse.