Millions of Nigerians were left without electricity on Wednesday following yet another collapse of the national grid, marking the twelfth system failure in 2024 alone.
The grid suffered a trip-off around 11:00 AM, leading to a drastic drop in power generation from 4,064 megawatts to 1,203MW at noon and ultimately crashing to 0.00MW by 1:00 PM.
The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) confirmed the development on its official X handle, informing customers of the widespread outage.
“Dear Valued Customer, We regret to inform you that a system disturbance occurred on the national grid at 11:34 AM today, causing a power outage across our franchise areas,” AEDC stated.
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“While gradual restoration of power supply has commenced, please be assured that we are working closely with relevant stakeholders to fully restore electricity as soon as the grid is stabilised. Thank you for your understanding and patience as we work to serve you better.”
Similarly, Ikeja Electric acknowledged the system failure and appealed for patience from its customers.
“Dear esteemed customers, please be informed that we experienced a system outage today, 12th February, 2025, at 11:34 hrs affecting all our feeders. Restoration of supply is ongoing in collaboration with our critical stakeholders. Kindly bear with us,” the power distribution company posted on X.
This latest collapse adds to the growing concern over the instability of Nigeria’s power grid, which has suffered more than 100 failures in the past decade.
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The repeated outages have been attributed to various factors, including aging infrastructure, inadequate maintenance, gas supply constraints, and transmission bottlenecks.
Industry experts and consumer rights groups have continued to call on the federal government and the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) to implement lasting solutions to improve grid stability and ensure reliable power supply to Nigerians.
As of press time, efforts to restore electricity across the affected regions were still ongoing.