Parts of the country were again thrown into darkness on Monday, following the collapse of the national grid.
Electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOs) in different notices to customers said the national grid collapsed late in the morning.
This is the eight time the grid will collapse this year, the last time being in July.
The management of Benin Electricity Distribution Company Plc (BEDC) in a message to customers, said “The Management of BEDC Electricity Plc (BEDC) regrets to notify its customers within its franchise states of Delta, Edo, Ekiti and Ondo of a system collapse which occurred today, 26th September 2022 at 10:51hrs.”
“As a result of this development, all our feeders are out of supply and this has caused disruption of power supply to our esteemed customers across these coverage areas.
“We plead for your kind understanding over the situation and assure that supply will be normalised in due course immediately the system is restored.”
In a message to its customers, signed by the head, corporate communications, Emeka Ezeh, Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC (EEDC), said the system collapse led to the loss of supply across the country.
“The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC (EEDC) wishes to inform her esteemed customers of a system collapse which occurred at 10:51 am today, 26th September 2022. This has resulted in the loss of supply currently being experienced across the network,” the statement reads.
“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.
“We are on standby awaiting detailed information of the collapse and restoration of supply from the National Control Centre (NCC), Osogbo.”
