Nigeria’s electricity grid collapsed around 5 pm on Tuesday.
This was barely 48 hours after it collapsed on Monday, leading to widespread darkness across the country.
Power distribution companies had alerted their customers about the collapse, as it was gathered that the meeting summoned by the Federal Government on Monday over issues in the sector, had to drag on till late night on Tuesday.
The grid collapse further extended the blackouts witnessed across the country, amidst the current energy crisis in the petroleum sector in Nigeria.
In a public announcement to its customers on Tuesday, the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company described the collapse of the grid as total.
It said, “Dear esteemed customers, we regret to inform you of a total system collapse on the national grid at 1709hours of today Tuesday, March 15, 2022, leading to outages across our network.
“We are closely monitoring the situation with our TCN (Transmission Company of Nigeria) partners and will keep you updated on the situation. We sincerely apologise for the inconvenience.”
Also, the Head, Corporate Communications, Ikeja Electric Plc, Mr Felix Ofulue, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos.
Eko Electricity Distribution Company also confirmed the partial collapse of the grid in a public notice.
