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The Transmission Company of Nigeria reported that, as a result of their dedicated efforts to stabilize the power network after a significant collapse on Tuesday, approximately 90 percent of its substations have now secured a bulk power supply.
It was reported by the Transmission Company of Nigeria that the ongoing efforts to repair the national grid—having collapsed for the sixth time this year—are making significant progress and are almost finished.
Ndidi Mbah, who serves as the Public Affairs General Manager of TCN, conveyed in a press statement that the company has successfully restored electricity supply to the city of Abuja.
The national grid suffered a catastrophic failure on Monday evening at around 6:18 p.m., leaving numerous regions in complete darkness. Our journalists conducted checks that showed a stark decrease in power generation, dropping from 3.87 gigawatts at 5 p.m. to 3.56 gigawatts by 6 p.m., before completely falling to zero by 7 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Reacting to the situation, residents and electricity consumers in the Federal Capital Territory voiced their dissatisfaction regarding the frequent collapses of the grid, condemning these occurrences as a glaring embarrassment that reflects poorly on the country’s infrastructure..
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But the transmission company in a reassuring message said the problem would be resolved soon.
The statement read, “The Transmission Company of Nigeria hereby states that the national grid experienced a partial disturbance, on Monday, 14th October 2024 at about 6:48 pm and notes that efforts to fully recover the grid are still ongoing.
“Although the recovery of the grid commenced immediately, with Azura power station providing the blackstart, grid recovery reached advanced stages at about 10.24 am, today when it encountered a challenge that caused a slight setback in the recovery process.
“The slight setback notwithstanding, TCN continued with the grid recovery process, which has reached an advanced stage, ensuring bulk power availability to about 90 per cent of its substations nationwide.
The statement added that supply has been restored to the Abuja axis and other major distribution load centres nationwide.
“Supply has been restored to the Abuja axis and other major distribution load centers nationwide.
“The partial disturbance did not affect the Ibom Gas generating station which was islanded from the grid yesterday and continued to supply areas in the South Southern part of the country such as Eket, Ekim, Uyo, and Itu 132kV transmission Substations during the period.
“Investigation into the cause of the incident will be carried out as soon as the grid is fully restored.”
