The Transmission Company of Nigeria has said the country’s national grid has restored bulk power supply by about 90 percent across its substations nationwide hours after the system collapse which threw the country into a blackout.
TCN spokesperson, Ndidi Mbah disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday.
According to her, bulk power supply has been restored to the Abuja axis and other major distribution load centres nationwide.
“The Transmission Company of Nigeria hereby states that the national grid experienced a partial disturbance, on Monday, 14th October 2024 at about 6:48 pm and notes that efforts to fully recover the grid are still ongoing.
“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.
“The slight setback notwithstanding, TCN continued with the grid recovery process, which has reached an advanced stage, ensuring bulk power availability to about 90 percent of its substations nationwide. Supply has been restored to the Abuja axis and other major distribution load centres nationwide.
She added, “The partial disturbance did not affect the Ibom Gas generating station which was isolated from the grid yesterday and continued to supply areas in the South Southern part of the country such as Eket, Ekim, Uyo, and Itu 132kV transmission Substations during the period.
“Investigation into the cause of the incident will be carried out as soon as the grid is fully restored”.
Though a report emerged in the early hours of Tuesday that electricity has been restored in parts of Abuja, the majority of the areas in the nation’s capital are still in blackout as of filing the reports.
Sources reported on Monday that Nigeria was thrown into darkness after the national grid recorded another collapse around 6:48 pm.
The incessant grid collapses have attracted backlash from Nigerians.
