The National Grid has experienced yet another collapse, plunging the country into widespread power outages. The grid suffered multiple collapses in the month of October, with the Federal Government promising a permanent solution to what has become a recurring issue.
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has confirmed a partial disturbance to the national grid, which occurred at 1:52 PM on November 5th, 2024. In a statement, TCN described the incident as a “partial system disturbance” and assured Nigerians that efforts were already underway to restore power gradually across affected regions.
TCN spokesperson, Ndidi Mbah, explained that the disturbance was caused by a series of line and generator tripping, which led to instability within the grid. Mbah added that, according to data from the National Control Centre, some parts of the grid remained unaffected by the power disruption.
Mbah stated that the TCN engineers are currently working to restore bulk power supply to the states impacted by the partial disturbance.
In a press statement signed by the Head, Corporate Communications, Dr Friday Elijah, the Jos DisCo said the interruption that occurred at about 1:52 pm was a sequel to the loss of power supply from the national grid.
The statement partly read, “The current outage being experienced within our franchise states is a result of loss of power supply from the national grid. The loss of power supply from the national grid occurred this afternoon at about 1352 hours of today, Tuesday, 5th November 2024, hence the loss of power supply on all our feeders.”
While seeking patience and understanding, Elijah promised that power would be restored as soon as the national grid was restored. “We hope to restore normal power supply to our esteemed customers as soon as the grid supply is restored back to normalcy,” Elijah added
