Nigeria is plunged into darkness as the Nation suffered another national grid collapse on Thursday.
The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company(AEDC) confirmed this development to its customers through its social media handles.
The disclosure reads that the national grid collapsed at about 4:28 pm.
“Dear valued customers, please be informed that the current power outage is due to a system failure from the national grid. The system collapsed at about 16:28 hours today 28 March 2024, causing the outage currently being experienced across our franchise area.
“We appeal for your understanding as all stakeholders are working hard to restore normal supply,” the Abuja DisCo said.
In Lagos, the Eko Electricity Distribution Company also confirmed it:
“Dear valued customer, kindly be informed there was a system collapse at 16:28hrs which has resulted in 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 the power supply is restored. Kindly bear with us.”
According to a report by the International Energy Agency, Nigeria’s national power grid collapsed 46 times from 2017 to 2023.
Constantly Nigeria National Power Grid has been failing and we totally lost hopes in them not to be trusted 😭😂😂