NIGERIA RECORDS THIRD COLLAPSE OF NATIONAL GRID IN ONE WEEK, AND THE EIGHTH IN 2024
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Nigeria recorded another collapse of the national grid on Saturday,making it the third in a week,and the eight in 2024.
The grid collapse occurred early Saturday morning, with many states reporting total blackouts,according to BusinessDay.
This latest failure comes follows two other collapses earlier in the week, further straining the already fragile power system.
Data obtained from the Nigerian System Operator’s portal (niggrid.org), revealed that the grid recorded an unprecedented zero Megawatts (MW) as of 8:16 am today,the paper reports.
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) had yet to confirm the incident as at the time of this report