For the second time in barely 48 hours, Nigeria’s electricity grid collapsed around 5pm on Tuesday.
On Monday, the national grid collapsed, a development that caused widespread darkness across the country.
Power distribution companies alerted their customers about the recent total 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 prolonged 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 (IEDC) 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 apologize for the inconvenience.”
