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Darkness has deed Nigeria arsenic the National grid recorded different illness connected Monday.
The Spokesperson of Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, Emeka Ezeh confirmed the grid illness successful a connection connected Monday evening.
According to him, the wide strategy illness occurred astatine 18.48 hours connected Monday.
The Disco said the improvement had led to a nonaccomplishment of powerfulness proviso crossed its franchise.
“The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC (EEDC) wishes to pass her esteemed customers of a wide strategy illness that occurred astatine 18:48 hours today, 14th October 2024. This has resulted successful the nonaccomplishment of proviso presently being experienced crossed the EEDC network.
“Consequently, owed to this development, each our interface TCN stations are retired of supply, and we are incapable to supply services to our customers successful Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo States.
“We are connected standby awaiting elaborate accusation of the illness and restoration of proviso from the National Control Centre (NCC), Osogbo”, helium said.
Also, Eko Distribution Company confirmed the grid collapse.
It wrote, “Dear Valued Customer,
“Kindly beryllium informed determination was a strategy illness astatine 18:48hrs which has resulted to a nonaccomplishment of powerfulness proviso crossed our network.
“We are presently moving with our partners arsenic we anticipation for speedy restoration of the grid. We volition support you updated arsenic soon arsenic powerfulness proviso is restored.
“Kindly carnivore with us.”
DAILY POST observed powerfulness proviso was interrupted astir 6:50 p.m. connected Monday.
In August 2024, the grid recorded partially which resulted successful a blackout. The nationalist grid besides collapsed successful July this year.
Data from the Transmission Company of Nigeria showed that the country’s nationalist grid has collapsed astir 227 times successful the past 14 years.
This comes amid the hike successful energy tariff successful April by 240 percent which has worsened the hardship Nigerians are faceling.
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