Nigeria experienced another significant power system disruption on Tuesday morning around 11 am, cutting electricity supply to households and businesses across the country.
The incident marks the second major grid disturbance within five days, raising fresh concerns about the stability of the national power infrastructure.
According to data from the Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO), a division of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) tasked with maintaining grid stability, only two generation companies (GENCOs) were supplying power at the time of reporting, with total output recorded at 219.00 megawatts (MW).
Mr. Kazah Akau, Head of Communications at NISO, characterized the situation as a temporary disruption rather than a complete system failure. “We are going to release a statement soon. What happened is not actually a collapse but a little disturbance,” he stated in a telephone conversation.
Distribution data from Nigeria’s 11 electricity distribution companies (DisCos) showed a combined load of 220MW being allocated. Benin DisCo received the highest allocation at 65.00MW, followed by Ibadan DisCo with 50.00MW. Ikeja and Kaduna DisCos were each allocated 40.00MW, while Abuja DisCo received the minimum allocation of 25.00MW.
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