Nigeria has experienced another electricity supply failure, with power output dropping from a peak of 3,594.60 megawatts (MW) at midnight to a mere 42.7MW. At noon on Tuesday, only the Delta Power plant had operational power of 41.00 MW on the grid while Afam had 1.7 MW.
At precisely 11:32 a.m., Lagos' commercial hub lost power supply from the grid which is now being attributed to national system collapse.
This marks Nigeria's third occurrence in less than a month that their national grid has collapsed and comes barely five days after two collapses within more than twelve hours.
The nationwide blackout stemming from the collapse has left many Nigerians without electricity; however, The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) hasn't issued an official statement regarding its cause yet but it's believed inadequate infrastructure, gas supply problems and transmission system constraints are likely factors.
The loss of Nigeria's national grid represents significant setbacks for both their economy and development as it costs them billions annually due to outages alone. These outages also negatively impact Nigerians' quality of life by making work, study and business operations difficult.