CurrentReport Blog Nine northern states in Nigeria have been plunged into darkness following yet another collapse of the national grid. This latest collapse, which occurred on Monday night, marks the fourth time in less than two weeks that the grid has failed.
The affected states include Kaduna, Kano, Jigawa, Benue, Katsina, Taraba, Gombe, as well as parts of Borno and Nasarawa. The information was disclosed by Kunle Olubiyo, President of the Nigeria Consumer Protection Network, in a statement on Monday.
While the most recent collapse was partial, it follows a series of outages that have sparked concerns nationwide. Over the weekend, the grid had collapsed for the third time in just a week, disrupting power supply across several states.
In response to the frequent grid failures, Olubiyo urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to declare an emergency in Nigeria’s power sector. He expressed concern over the economic impact of the outages, noting, “The present overwhelming widespread darkness being experienced in about 11 Northern States is nothing but a global embarrassment.”
As of now, Nigerian authorities have yet to officially confirm the latest grid collapse. However, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) and the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) previously blamed Saturday’s incident on an explosion of a current transformer at the Jebba transmission station.
The continuous national grid failures are becoming a significant challenge for Nigeria’s power sector, further amplifying calls for immediate intervention to stabilize the country’s electricity supply.
