The national grid, on Monday, experienced its second
collapse in 2022 resulting in blackout across the country.
The states affected include Lagos, Enugu, Kaduna, Abia,
Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo States, among others.
Confirming the development in a text message to its
customers, The Eko Electricity Distribution Company, said that the system
collapse occurred on the national grid at 10:40 am.
“Dear esteemed customer, a system collapse occurred on the
national grid at 10:40 am today, leading to outages across our network.
“We are working on the situation with our TCN partners and
will keep you updated. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience this may
have caused.” the text message read.
Also, Kaduna Electricity, on Monday, while confirming the
system collapsed, assured its customers that power would soon be restored.
“We regret to inform you that the power outage being
experienced in our franchise states is due to System Collapse of the National
Grid which occurred at about 10:40 am,” the firm said.
“Power supply shall be restored as soon as the National Grid
is powered back. Our sincere apologies for any inconvenience,” the text message
read.
In its notice to customers, the Enugu Electricity
Distribution PLC said that the system collapse affected supply in Abia,
Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo States.
The notice signed by EEDC Head, Corporate Communications,
Emeka Ezeh, read, “The Enugu Electricity Distribution PLC (EEDC) wishes to
inform her esteemed customers in the South East of a general system collapse
which occurred this morning, Monday, 14th March 2022 at 10:40 am.
“This is the reason for the loss of supply currently being
experienced across the network.
“Consequently, all our outgoing feeders are out and supply
to our customers in Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo States are affected
by this development.”
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