Nigerians have been thrown into darkness as the national power grid collapsed again for the seventh time in 2024.
A check on the website of Independent System Operator, an autonomous arm of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) indicated that power plants’ contribution to the grid began to decline around 2 pm to 2,797.16MW from the average 3,417.99MW around 1pm.
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The electricity contribution further declined to 1,020.08 around 3pm before dramatically falling to 0.80 by 4pm.
The remaining 0.80 was generated by the Trans-Amadi Power plant.
This is the seventh power grid collapse in 2024.
The electricity grid, on February 4, collapsed for the first time in 2024. Also, it collapsed again on March 28., April 15., among others