Bizwatch Nigeria claims that the national power system has crashed again. On Monday, about 6:18 p.m., the grid crashed, leaving Nigerians in the dark.
Checks revealed that electricity generation fell from 3.87 gigawatts at 5 p.m. to 3.56GW at 6 p.m., and 0.00GW between 7 and 8 p.m. On Monday evening, the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company issued a statement confirming the system meltdown.
The EEDC informed its customers “of a general system collapse that occurred at 18:48 hours today, 14th October 2024,” saying this has resulted in the loss of supply currently being experienced across the EEDC network.
“Consequently, due to this development, all our interface TCN stations are out of supply, and we are unable to provide services to our customers in Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo States.
“We are on standby awaiting detailed information of the collapse and restoration of supply from the National Control Centre (NCC), Osogbo,” the EEDC stated in the statement signed by the Head of Corporate Communications, Emeka Ezeh.
The Abuja Disco also said, “Dear Valued Customer, Please be informed that the power outage being experienced is due to a system failure from the national grid at 6:58 pm today, affecting the power supply to our franchise areas.
“Rest assured, we are working with the relevant stakeholders to restore power as soon as the grid is stabilised. Thank you for your understanding.”
