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By Steven Kefas
The latest collapse of the national grid, the fifth this year has thrown many Nigerian cities including the Federal Capital Territory into total darkness with small businesses that rely on electricity worse hit.
The collapsed was announced by various distribution companies (DISCOS) across the country on Friday evening.
Announcing the collapse, the Jos Electricity Distribution Company in a message to it customers said the collapse happened at 6:30 p.m. across its distributing states of Bauchi, Benue, Gombe and Plateau.
“Dear customers, there was a loss of supply as a result of the system collapse of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) about 6:30 p.m. across all our franchise states of Bauchi, Benue, Gombe and Plateau,” it said.
The Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company in a message on it official Facebook page said, “Dear Esteemed Customers, the management of Kaduna electric regrets to inform you that the current outage being experienced in our franchise states is due to a collapse of the national grid.”
“The collapse occurred at about 18:29 pm this evening. Normal power supply shall be restored as soon as the grid is restored.
“We sincerely apologise for all inconveniences,” the spokesperson of the company, Abdulazeez Abdullahi said.
“Please be informed that there has just been a national grid collapse causing an outage in our franchise areas. We apologize for the inconvenience caused and appeal that you bear with us while we await restoration from the TCN. We regret all inconvenience caused,” it said.
The Eko Electricity Distribution Company said, “Dear Esteemed Customers, a planned outage has been scheduled by our TCN partners for Saturday, April 9, 2022 between 9am and 3pm. This is to enable the TCN crew repair a wounded conductor between Tower #9 and #10 on the Ajah/Alagbon 330kV Line.”
Barely two months ago, a similar collapse of the national grid threw Nigerians into darkness with many businesses shutting down as there was no alternative to power their businesses due to fuel scarcity and soaring price of diesel.
Recall that the Good luck Jonathan administration in it bid to address the power challenge bedeviling the country, privatised the sector but nothing has changed since then.
