National grid’s collapse on Wednesday has triggered reactions by some Nigerians who took to social media to express their feelings, lamenting the latest collapse that has thrown some parts of the country into darkness.
Data obtained from the Independent System Operator (ISO) showed that the megawatt (MW) generated dropped from 2,917.83 MW to 1.5 MW between 11:00 a.m. and 12 noon on Wednesday.
In a statement to its customers, the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) said the loss of electricity in the system franchise area was due to the loss of supply from the grid at 11:23 a.m.
“Please be informed that the power outage currently being experienced is due to a loss of supply from the national grid at 11:23 hrs. today, affecting electricity supply across our franchise areas.“Rest assured, we are working closely with the relevant stakeholders to ensure power is restored once the grid is stabilised.
“Thank you for your patience and understanding,” the DisCo said.
Reactions:
According to several users on X, the failure of the national grid will continue until national greed is addressed A user on X,
Kish with the handle @Kishozzy, said: “The national grid will keep failing until national greed is addressed.”
Another user, ℕakos with the handle @nakosFC expressed shock that it took three months for the national grid to collapse again.
“The fact that the National Grid collapsed again doesn’t shock me. What’s more shocking is that it took more than three months for it to collapse again,” he wrote.
Meanwhile, restoration of the national grid has commenced.
In an update, the Nigeria National Grid wrote on X, Wednesday, that the grid restoration has begun.
It stated that the grid has restored 495 total megawatts to Abuja (150 MW), Benin (40 MW), Eko (80 MW), Enugu (40 MW), Ibadan (50 MW), Ikeja (80 MW), Kano (35 MW) and Kaduna (25 MW) discos, while others such as Port Harcourt, Jos and Yola remained at zero MW at the time of filing the report.
Recall that the national grid collapsed in February and May ,2025 which threw many parts of the country into blackout.