Data released by the Federal Government on Tuesday showed that the nation’s power system breakdown the day before was what caused the drop in power production from 3,713.1 megawatts to 38MW.
According to data the industry got from the Federal Ministry of Power, the grid’s power generation on Monday morning was 3,713.1MW, but this fell to 38MW by 10:51 am.Infomation Guide Nigeria
The national energy grid had crashed for the seventh time in 2022, according to The PUNCH, which had previously reported on Tuesday that Nigeria had had another widespread power outage on Monday morning.
“This has resulted in the loss of supply currently being experienced across the network. Due to this development, all our interface TCN stations are out of supply, and we are unable to provide service to our customers in Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo states,” the Disco had stated via a Twitter message.
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“The Transmission Company of Nigeria wishes to inform the public that the national grid experienced partial system disturbance at about 10.51 am today, September 26, 2022,” the firm had stated in a statement issued in Abuja by its spokesperson, Ndidi Mbah.
He stated that Monday’s “total system collapse is quite unfortunate and unnecessary.”
Olubiyo said, “The nation needs to do more in terms of upgrading obsolete grid infrastructure, grid automation, make more investments in grid system interfaces, protection devices and with emphasis on load frequency management scheme.Jamb Result
“There should also be sanctions and consequences for infractions associated with grid system indiscipline. The present total power grid collapse is no doubt at a huge cost to the end users, the economy, all spheres of human endeavors, and the nation at large.”
