TCN General Manager, Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, adding that ongoing restoration of the national grid was still ongoing and almost completed.
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has announced that power supply has been restored to the Abuja axis and other major distribution load centres nationwide after national grid collapsed twice on Monday and Tuesday.
TCN General Manager, Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, adding that ongoing restoration of the national grid was still ongoing and almost completed.
SaharaReporters reported on Monday that the national grid had collapsed, triggering nationwide blackout as distribution companies declared lack of supply to their customers.
TCN also confirmed the development, noting that national grid experienced a partial disturbance on Monday, October 14, 2024 at about 6:48 pm.
There was another collapse reported on Tuesday morning, less than 24 hours after the initial one.
The statement said “although the recovery of the grid commenced immediately, with Azura power station providing the blackstart, grid recovery reached advanced stages at about 10.24 am, today (Tuesday) when it encountered a challenge that caused a slight setback in the recovery process”.
Mbah said the TCN continued with the grid recovery process, which “has reached an advanced stage, ensuring bulk power availability to about 90% of its substations nationwide.”
However, the company explained that the partial disturbance did not affect the Ibom Gas generating station which was isolated from the grid on Monday, and continued to supply areas in the southern part of the country such as Eket, Ekim, Uyo, and Itu 132kV transmission substations during the period.
Although, the cause of the grid collapse had not been identified, Mbah noted that an investigation into the cause of the incident will be carried out as soo
n as the grid is fully restored.