Electricity consumers have decried the repeated collapse of the national grid, which happened again on Saturday. They described it as an embarrassment to the nation. The national grid collapsed around 8.16am on Saturday, the third time in one week, with its attendant blackout across the nation.
power generation was 3,042 megawatts at 8am. It peaked at 3,968MW at 7am. However, it dropped to 47MW around 9am. It later rose marginally as the system operator made efforts to restore normalcy.
The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, had promised that Nigeria would attain 6,000 megawatts by the end of the year. Adelabu assured Nigerians of improvement in power supply by next year, adding that the government was doing its best to enhance power generation and transmission.
But incessant collapses of the grid are threatening the achievement of the 6,000 megawatts target.
the Convener of the Electricity Consumer Protection Advocacy Centre, Princewill Okorie, expressed worry that electricity customers, especially those on estimated billing, continued to pay for darkness as the grid kept collapsing.
