Electricity distribution companies reported the outage at approximately 1:32 p.m. on Wednesday. This incident follows a similar national grid collapse that occurred in November.
In a statement, Friday Elijah, Head of Corporate Communication for Jos Electricity Distribution Company (Jos DisCos), confirmed the situation, stating: “Dear valued customers, the current outage affecting our franchise states is due to a loss of power supply from the national grid.”
“The loss of power supply from the national grid occurred this afternoon at about 13:33 hours of today, 11 Wednesday, December 2024, hence the loss of power supply on all our feeders.
“We hope to restore normal power supply to our esteemed customers as soon as the grid supply is restored back to normalcy. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we strive to serve you better.”
Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) said: “Dear valued customer, Kindly be informed there was a reported case of system disturbance on 11 December 2024 at 13:32 hrs which has resulted in a loss of power supply across our network.
“We are currently working with our partners as we hope for speedy restoration of the grid. We will keep you updated as soon as power is restored. Kindly bear with us,” it said.
The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) announced via its X account: “Dear valued customer, we would like to inform you that a disturbance in the national grid occurred at 1:32 p.m. today, resulting in a power outage throughout our service areas.”
“While gradual restoration of power supply has commenced, be assured that we are coordinating closely with relevant stakeholders to restore power fully as soon as the grid stabilised. Thank you.”
In recent years, the electricity sector has faced numerous challenges, including issues related to the enforcement of electricity policies, regulatory ambiguities, gas supply difficulties, limitations within the transmission system, and notable deficiencies in power sector planning.
As of Wednesday afternoon, the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) had not provided an official statement regarding the matter.
Ndidi Mbah, the General Manager of Public Affairs at TCN, had not replied to inquiries by the time of this report.