The Federal Government of Nigeria has revealed the reason for the nationwide power failure as well as those to blame.
The spokesperson for the Ministry of Power, Isa Sanusi stated in a statement while giving an update of Friday’s collapse, that vandals are to blame.
Sanusi said the vandals attacked the transmission tower on the Odukpani-Ikot Ekpene 330kV double circuit transmission line which led to the national power failure on Friday evening.
He then assured that the grid is being restored and normalcy is to be expected very soon.
“Further to our earlier press release, we wish to apprise the general public that the immediate cause of national blackout (system collapse) was an act of vandalism on a transmission tower on the Odukpani-Ikot Ekpene 330kV double circuit transmission line thus resulting in a sudden loss of about 400 MW of generation,” the statement reads.
“This consequently led to a cascade of plants shutdown across the country.
“We wish to notify the public that power on the grid is being restored sequentially by the system operator as other on-grid power plants are being dispatched to cover the lost generation capacity from the Calabar power plant owned by the Niger Delta Power Holding Company Ltd.”
This is the 3rd time in 4 weeks that the entire nation is being thrown into darkness as the power grid keeps collapsing.
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