Nigeria’s national electricity grid has collapsed for the second time in a month, leaving the parts of the country it serves without power.
The collapse of Nigeria’s electricity grid has occurred twice – on Friday and Saturday last week despite concerted efforts to stabilize the power system.
The Special Adviser to the President on Infrastructure, Ahmed Zakari, had blamed the recent collapse on the sabotage of power infrastructure, describing the act as one that was difficult to comprehend.
Data in the report, which was obtained from the Federal Ministry of Power, showed that the quantum of electricity on the grid crashed from over 3,000 megawatts on Friday, April 8, 2022, to as low as 10MW around 21.00 hours same day.
Also, another collapse of the national grid occurred on Saturday, April 9, 2022, as the nation’s power system collapsed to 33MW around 01.00 hours, after it had earlier posted a peak generation of 3,281.50MW at 00.00 hours the same day.
The report, however, indicated that power generation on the grid moved up on Sunday, April 10, 2022, as the off-peak on that day was put at 3,117.40MW, while the peak generation was 3,658.80MW.
The collapse of Nigeria’s electricity grid had continued amidst efforts to halt the recurrent issue.
