Nigeria’s national electricity grid on Sunday evening collapsed yet again, throwing several cities including the federal capital Abuja, and parts of Lagos State into darkness, IgbereTV reports
This will be the fifth time in 2022 that the distribution companies are announcing a collapse of the national power grid.
IgbereTV had in January, February, and March reported a national blackout.
Taking to social media to explain the latest, power distribution companies hinted that the collapse happened by 6.49pm on Sunday and they were forced to shut down outgoing electricity feeders.
In a post on Twitter, the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company Plc and Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company in separate messages confirmed the grid collapse.
Nigeria’s power grid had collapsed twice in March and twice again in April this year, as the power generation on the system had continued to fluctuate due to various concerns such as gas constraint, water management challenges, gas pipeline vandalism, among others.
