There is total blackout as the nation’s power grid collapses again in parts of the country.
Two of the major power distribution companies, Eko Electric Distribution Company (EKDC) and Kaduna Electric announced the collapse of the national grid on Sunday.
The nation’s electric power grid has experienced several collapses over the years.
Since taking over, Transmission Company of Nigeria, managers of the sector, have not given any spinning reserve to stem the inconveniences suffered by consumers.
The spinning reserve is an online generation capacity that should respond within 10 minutes to compensate for generation or transmission outages.
The EKDC alerted customers of the development in a text message sent Sunday afternoon.
The test message:
“Dear customer, there is a system collapse on the national grid. Supply will be restored as soon as the issue is resolved.
“Apologies for the inconvenience. “
Kaduna Electric, on its part sent its message via its twitter handle.
The tweet signed by Abdulazeez Abdulahi, Head of Corporate Communications:
“We regret to inform you that the loss of supply in our franchise – Kaduna, Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara states is as a result of the collapse of the national grid.
“The collapse occurred at about 11:26am this morning.
“Supply shall be restored as soon as the grid is back up.”