Nigerians are battling to overturn the total darkness that enveloped the country after Nigeria’s power grid experienced another collapse in the early hours of Monday, April 15, 2024.
According to data obtained from the Nigerian System Operator’s portal (niggrid.org), the grid went off around 2:45am till the time of filing this report.
The grid recorded an unprecedented zero Megawatts (MW) at the time and is currently generating a meagre 52.3MW around 7:10 am the same day, BusinessDay reports.
The consequences of this blackout were felt nationwide, as electricity distribution companies (DisCos) struggled to cope with the sudden and prolonged outage.
Many parts of the country have been plunged into darkness for over five hours as the grid is yet to come into full recovery.
This collapse marks the fifth grid disturbance in 2024, adding to challenges that have long plagued Nigeria’s power sector.
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