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Darkness Envelops Nigeria As National Grid Collapses
Nigeria has been plunged into darkness as the national electricity grid collapsed for the first time in the year 2020.
According to a tweet by Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC), the present outage is affecting all TCN system on the grid.
“Dear Customer, present outage affecting all is a TCN System Disturbance on the grid. Power to be restored as soon as available. Dear Customer, the outage which occurred at 1237hrs is due to a TCN system collapse affecting Lekki, Ibeju & environs. The team is working to restore power. Please, bear with us,” it stated.
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The system was said to have collapsed around 12:37 on Thursday resulting in a power outage in some partsof the country.
The grid collapsed more than 10 times in 2019, causing power failure across the country.
In a telephone with the Managing Director of Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Mr Usman Gur Mohammed, he stated that it wasn’t a nationwide collapse but partial collapse as power is being supplied in some part of the country like Port Harcourt and its environs.
Efforts are currently being made to restore electricity supply to the affected regions.
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