The National Grid That Collapsed Has Been Partially Fixed – TCN

The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN has come out to confirm that that the national grid collapsed today at 11:25am.

The company’s General Manager, Public Affairs, Mrs. Ndidi Mba recently revealed this via a statement in Abuja, and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to her, Nigeria’s electricity grid suffered several trippings, and this led to a total system collapse, but power has been successfully restored to every part of the country, except Calabar, Ugwuaji, Markurdi, Jos, Gombe, Yola, and Maidugiri.

Ndidi Mba added that she regrets the inconvenience this has caused electricity consumers, and investigations would be conducted to establish the cause.

His words, “The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) regrets to inform electricity consumers nationwide that at 11:25am today, the nation’s electricity grid experienced multiple trippings, which led to the collapse of the system.”

“TCN has since commenced grid restoration; power has been successfully restored to every part of the country, except Calabar, Ugwuaji, Markurdi, Jos, Gombe, Yola and Maidugiri axes. Effort is however ongoing to ensure full restoration nationwide.”

“We regret the inconvenience this has caused electricity consumers. Investigations would be conducted to establish the immediate and remote cause(s) of the multiple trippings as soon as the grid is fully restored – considering that the grid had been relatively stable in the last couple of months.”