The Eko Electricity Distribution Company has announced that Lagos and at least 7 other states will once again, experience total power blackout.
This is as a result of a second collapse of the national grid even as Nigerians continue to lament the poor electricity supply in the last couple of months.
In addition to to Lagos, the states affected include: Enugu, Kaduna, Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and the Imo States, among others.
The EEDC, on Monday, sent a most unwelcome text to its customers saying that the system collapse occurred on the national grid at 10:40 am today.
“Dear esteemed customer, a system collapse occurred on the national grid at 10:40 am today, leading to outages across our network.
“We are working on the situation with our TCN partners and will keep you updated. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience this may have caused,” the text message read.
On its part, Kaduna Electricity has equally informed its customers of the grid collapse. assuring that power would soon be restored.
“We regret to inform you that the power outage being experienced in our franchise states is due to System Collapse of the National Grid which occurred at about 10:40 am,” the firm said.
“Power supply shall be restored as soon as the National Grid is powered back. Our sincere apologies for any inconvenience,” the text message added.
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