Darkness has hit Nigeria as the National grid recorded another collapse on Monday.
According to the Transmission Company of Nigeria Monday’s national grid collapse was partial, noting that it has begun system recovery to restore supply.
The spokesperson of TCN, Ndidi Mbah in a chat on Monday with daily post said the national grid did not collapse entirely as the Akwa Ibom generating Station was “Islanded” to enable it to continue supply through the Eket, Ekim, Uyo and Itu 132 Kilovolt substation.
“It was a partial system disturbance.”
“The entire system did not collapse as the IBOM Generating Station was ISLANDED (i.e. separated to stand alone to continue supplying some areas to avoid the entire system going down), to enable It to continue to supply through the eket, Ekim, Uyo, and Itu 132kv substations.
“Recovery is currently ongoing and has advanced significantly”, she said.
Eko Distribution Company and Ikeja electric had earlier confirmed the grid collapse.
They wrote, “Dear Valued Customer,
“Kindly be informed there was a system collapse at 18:48hrs which has resulted to a loss of power supply across our network.
“We are currently working with our partners as we hope for speedy restoration of the grid. We will keep you updated as soon as power supply is restored.
“Kindly bear with us.”
