Nigeria’s national electricity grid has collapsed again, throwing the country into darkness.
THISDAY learnt that the latest grid collapse occured at 2.09pm on Wednesday, marking the 12th of such system breakdown in 2024.
A tweet via the official handle of Nigeria’s National Grid confirmed that the grid collapsed at about 2:09 pm on Wednesday.
“The major grid setback has occurred and the restoration is to commence,” the handler wrote.
The development was also confirmed in a notice sent by the Jos Electricity Distribution Company to its customers.
The distribution company (Disco) however, said the grid collapsed around 1: 33pm on Wednesday, leading to the loss of power supply to its feeders.
“We hope to restore normal power supply to our esteemed customers as soon as the grid supply is restored back to normalcy,” Head of Corporate Communications at Jos Disco, Dr Friday Elijah, said in the notice to customers.
Source ThisDay
