The sixth power grid collapse of 2024 in Nigeria occurred as electricity generation plummeted from 2,583.77MW at 2 am on Monday to just 64.7MW around 3 am.
Nigeria typically generates around 4,000MW of electricity for its approximately 200 million citizens nationwide.
However, this level of generation is proving unsustainable due to frequent collapses caused by factors such as gas supply issues, vandalism of transmission infrastructure, and financial difficulties.
Information from the Independent System Operator, a division of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, revealed that only one power generation company, Ibom Power, was operational during the grid collapse on Monday morning.
The power generation on the grid further dropped to 44.5MW by 4 am before slightly recovering to 132.29MW an hour later.
The grid failure was confirmed by Jos Electricity Distribution Company.
In a statement to customers, Dr. Friday Elijah, the Head of Corporate Affairs at JEDC, explained, “The current power outage in our service areas is due to the loss of power supply from the national grid.”
Elijah expressed optimism about the restoration of the grid to resume normal electricity supply for consumers.
Earlier on February 5, 2024, NewsNow reported another incident where power generation on the national grid dropped to 59.9MW around 12 pm on February 4, 2024, leading to a nationwide blackout.
Reports indicated that electricity generation plunged from 2,658.75MW at 11 am to 59.9MW by noon on February 4, 2024, causing power distributors to lose grid supply.
This resulted in widespread outages as distribution companies attributed the situation to the collapse of the grid managed by the Transmission Company of Nigeria, a government agency.
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