Many parts of Nigeria have been plunged into darkness following the 12th national grid collapse this year.
In a message to customers, the Jos Electricity Distribution Company confirmed the collapse, which occurred on Wednesday afternoon.
The statement, signed by the company’s Head of Corporate Communication, Friday Elijah, acknowledged the outage and reassured customers of efforts to restore power as soon as possible.
The statement reads “PUBLIC NOTICE
Dear esteemed Customer(s),
“The current outage being experienced within our franchise States is a result of loss of power supply from the national grid. The loss of power supply from the national grid occurred this afternoon at about 1333 hours of today, Wednesday, 11th 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.”
Many Nigerians have taken to social media, particularly X (formerly Twitter), to express their frustration over the prolonged power outage.
Several users noted that they have been without electricity for days, further highlighting the challenges caused by the national grid collapse.
The Transmission Company of Nigeria has yet to confirm the reported national grid collapse.
Meanwhile, Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company only acknowledged a power outage, while Eko Electricity Distribution Company cited “a loss of power supply in our network.”
Statement from EKEDC reads: “Dear Valued Customer,
Kindly be informed there was a reported case of system disturbance on 11th November, 2024 at 13:32hrs which has resulted to 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 supply is restored.
Kindly bear with us.”
Earlier report indicated that the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority reportedly directed gas producers to stop supplying gas to indebted generation companies.
