When a nation’s national power grid becomes comfortable with collapsing frequently, then something must be wrong.
Is it normal for power grid to consistently collapse? Should the authorities fold their arms and keep looking?
Will such a situation affect the economy of such nation? What about the people, will they experience technological advancement?
You see, technological advancement is something that you experienced in countries where power supply is constant.
As much as Nigeria is striving to technologically developed, its power supply challenge continues to be a setback.
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In the early hours of Monday, April 15, 2024, a huge portion of the Nigerian national grid collapsed, throwing Nigerians into darkness.
Collapsed National Grid Restored
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), blamed the collapse of the national grid on a fire incident at the Afam power station.
In a statement credited to the spokesperson for the TCN, Ndidi Mbah, the collapsed national grid has been restored.
According to her, the grid collapsed at 02:41 a.m. on Monday, leaving the country with 64.70 megawatt.
Mbah explained that fire broke out at the Afam V330kV busbar coupler, leading to the tripping of units at Afam III and Afam VI.
She said this resulted in a sudden generation loss of 25MW and 305MW respectively, causing a partial collapse.
However, the fact that the Ibom Power plant was isolated from the grid and was supplying parts of the Port Harcourt region, was helpful.
This singular fact aided in minimising the effect of the system disturbance.
Mbah further explained that the affected section of the national grid had been fully restored.
Nigerians Are Concerned About The Consistency Of Grid Collapse
Meanwhile, Nigerians are wondering how long the grid would continue to collapse and subject the people to a life in darkness.
Moreso, should the poor masses continue to pay exorbitant electricity bills for darkness?
As much as some persons use prepaid metre, some persons are still offered estimated bills.
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This is the sixth time the national grid is collapsing in 2024 alone. What are the chances that this will not happen several times more before the year runs out?
Is the ministry of power proactively doing anything to stop this from happening again or ‘shey na like this we go dey dey’?
