Nigeria: Blackout in major cities as national grid collapses again
The latest collapse, the third in less than a month, came despite assurances by the Federal Government that it has taken steps to address the problem
The Nigeria electricity national grid has collapsed again leading to blackout in major cities of the West African nation.
The latest collapse, the third in less than a month, came despite assurances by the Federal Government that it has taken steps to address the problem.
The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, which manages the grid had last month said it had developed an alternative ways of managing the grid.
“Please be informed that there has just been a national grid collapse causing an outage in our franchise areas,” Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) tweeted.
We apologize for the inconvenience caused and appeal that you bear with us while we await restoration from the TCN. We regret all inconvenience caused,” it added.
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