The national electricity grid suffered a system collapse on Monday, leading to power outages across the country.
Electricity distribution companies (DisCos) in the country said the collapse of the grid occurred at 10:40am on Monday and disrupted power supply within their networks.
The grid is infamous for experiencing disruptions — it collapsed in February, May, July and August 2021.
Eko Electricity Distribution Company Limited (EKEDC) in a statement apologised to customers and promised to keep them updated on the situation.
“Dear esteemed customer, we regret to inform you of a total system collapse on the national grid at 10:40 am today, leading to outages across our network,” EKEDC said.
“We are closely monitoring the situation with our TCN partners to determine the cause and a timeline for resolution.”
Enugu Electricity Distribution Plc, another DisCo, said its customers in five states have no power supply.
“The Enugu Electricity Distribution PLC (EEDC) wishes to inform her esteemed customers in the South East of a general system collapse which occurred this morning, Monday, 14th March, 2022 at 10:40 am,” Emeka Ezeh, head of corporate communications, said in a statement.
“This is the reason for the loss of supply currently being experienced across the network.
“Consequently, all our outgoing feeders are out and supply to our customers in Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo States are affected by this development.
“We are on standby and awaiting signal from the National Control Centre (NCC) for restoration of supply.”
