The National Grid begins a gradual recovery process after it had collapsed for the fifth time this year leading to nationwide power outage.
No reason has been given by the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, for the collapse which was reported to have occurred on Sunday.
Nigeria’s largest power plant, Egbin Power with 1,050MW capacity was out as generation to the national grid failed to improve.
The Minister of Power, Engr. Abubakar Aliyu had claimed the low electricity supply across the country was due to gas supply challenges.
The Minister in a statement issued by his media aide, Malam Isa Sanusi said that the “dip in electricity generation is as a result of the partial shutdown of the Oben gas plant to address the repair of critical gas processing equipment”.
The government said that the “incident unfortunately happened at a time when other power plants on other gas sources were undergoing planned maintenance and capacity testing.
We wish to notify the public that Seplat Energy Plc has mobilized equipment, material and personnel to site with a view to expediting the restoration of normal gas supply to the affected power plants.
“We have been assured that the repair work will be concluded this weekend and normalcy will be restored. While pleading with electricity consumers with the current state of supply, we wish to assure the general public that efforts are being made for a sustained improvement of supply across the country”
SKJ