There is widespread blackout across Nigeria as a result of the collapse of the country’s electricity grid.
This situation is leading to unavailability of electricity in many parts of the country and negatively affecting the effective delivery of services that depends so much on it.
Information obtained from Nigeria Electricity System Operator, the semi-autonomous arm of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, showed that Afam VI, Dadinkowa, Ibom Power, Jebba, Olorunsogo generated 0.70MW, 0.00MW, 32.90MW, 240MW and zero respectively.
Investigation showed that Nigeria’s electricity generation dropped, Tuesday, by 59 per cent to 1,705 megawatts, MW, from 4,182 MW recorded the previous day at 06:00hours, due to grid disturbance.
With many households and businesses already having difficulty in generating power for their personal use through generators because of the high cost of diesel and petrol, the national grid’s collapse could not have come at a more difficult time.
Credit: Vanguard
