Nigeria’s national grid has suffered yet another collapse, marking the third incident in just one week. The latest failure occurred early Saturday morning, resulting in widespread blackouts across multiple states.
Reports from the Daily Post indicate that the Nigerian System Operator’s portal (niggrid.org) recorded zero megawatts (MW) of electricity as of 9:20 AM, exacerbating the country’s ongoing power crisis. The repeated grid failures have severely impacted an already fragile electricity supply, leaving both businesses and households grappling with the fallout from unreliable power sources.
This most recent collapse follows two earlier failures earlier in the week, raising alarm among citizens and prompting questions about the efficacy of Nigeria’s power infrastructure. The ongoing situation has been worsened by the high costs and scarcity of fuel, which have significantly limited alternative power solutions for many Nigerians.
The persistent power outages come in the wake of comments from the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, who stressed the urgent need for a more resilient power infrastructure. Speaking at the unveiling of Hexing Livoltek, an electricity meter manufacturing company in Lekki, Lagos State, Adelabu highlighted the importance of establishing power grids in various regions or states to mitigate the frequent collapses affecting the national grid.
Adelabu acknowledged the current dire condition of the nation’s power infrastructure, stating that such collapses seem almost unavoidable under the circumstances. He advocated for the implementation of multiple power grids across different regions to ensure greater stability and reliability in electricity supply—a strategy that has garnered support from various stakeholders in the energy sector amid the ongoing challenges.
