Lagos, seven other states in blackout as national grid collapses

For the second time in 2022, the national grid, on Monday collapsed resulting in blackouts across the country.

Lagos, Enugu, Kaduna, Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo were among the states the blackout affected.

The development was confirmed in a text message the Eko Electricity Distribution Company sent to its customers, saying that the system collapse occurred on the national grid at 10:40 am.

The text message read, “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.” 

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Kaduna Electricity, which also confirmed the system collapsed, promised its customers that power would soon be restored.

It said, “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.”

Also, the Enugu Electricity Distribution PLC told its customers that the system collapse affected supply in the whole South-East states of Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo.

In a notice signed by its Head, Corporate Communications, Emeka Ezeh, EEDC said, “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.”