On Monday, Nigeria experienced yet another national grid collapse, which caused a widespread power outage across parts of the country.
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), responsible for managing the grid, has assured citizens that the situation is under control and that efforts to restore power are well underway.
According to TCN, the collapse was only partial, meaning that some areas continued to receive electricity during the incident.
Ndidi Mbah, the spokesperson for TCN, provided an update on the issue, clarifying that the grid did not fully collapse.
She explained that the Akwa Ibom generating station was “islanded,” a process that allowed it to operate independently to maintain power supply to specific areas.
These areas included the Eket, Ekim, Uyo, and Itu 132 Kilovolt (kV) substations. This move prevented the entire grid from going down and kept parts of the country powered.
“It was a partial system disturbance,” Mbah said, adding that “the entire system did not collapse as the IBOM Generating Station was ISLANDED (i.e. separated to stand alone to continue supplying some areas to avoid the entire system going down), to enable It to continue to supply through the eket, Ekim, Uyo, and Itu 132kv substations.
“Recovery is currently ongoing and has advanced significantly”, she told DAILY POST.
The outage occurred at around 6:48 pm on Monday, causing many parts of Nigeria to go dark. The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company confirmed the national grid collapse in a statement issued by its spokesperson, Emeka Ezeh.
Similarly, both the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company and the Eko Electricity Distribution Company also reported the grid failure, indicating that the issue was widespread.
