WorldStage Newsonline– Nigeria’s Minister of Power, Mr Abubakar Aliyu has assured that the process of restoring power supply is ongoing following the national grid collapse at 6.30 p. m. on Friday, says the Federal Government.
The management of Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) has also apologised to its customers in Lagos and some parts of Ogun State over the irregular power supply they are currently experiencing.
The Minister who gave the assurance on Saturday in a statement by Mr Isa Sanusi, his Special Adviser (Media) noted that some sections of the national grid had been energised already and supply restored to consumers.
“We wish to notify the general public of the incidence of a system collapse which occurred at 18:30hrs on April 8, resulting in power outages in many parts of the country.
” A detailed investigation into the immediate and remote causes of the recurring grid failure is currently ongoing by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) and System Operator of the national grid.
“We wish to assure Nigerians that the Federal Government is working assiduously to deliver on the much-needed reforms and investments,” he said.
Sanusi said the reforms included Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) and other investment that are critical to improving the capacity and reliability of the national grid.
He said that the reform was in line with President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive on closing infrastructure deficits in critical sectors of the Nigerian economy.
EKEDC APOLOGIES
The management of Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) has apologised to its customers in Lagos and some parts of Ogun State over the irregular power supply they are currently experiencing.
The General Manager, Corporate Communications, EKEDC, Mr Godwin Idemudia, in a statement in Lagos, said the irregular supply was due to system collapse from the National Grid.
According to him, a system collapse occurred on the National Grid at 6:30pm on Friday, affecting our entire network.
“Efforts are ongoing by our Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) partner to restore supply soon.
“Our technical team is working with other partners in the electricity value chain to restore power supply.
“We are, therefore, appealing to customers to bear with us, once power is restored from the national grid, normalcy will be restored to them.
“EKEDC highly regrets any inconveniences caused by this irregular supply,” he said.
The national electricity grid suffered a system collapse is the third time within one month.
