National grid suffers total system collapse
By Nneka Nwogwugwu
There was total blackout in major cities across the country on Monday as the national grid suffered yet another total system collapse.
This was following a general collapse of the national grid that occurred at in various states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The grid collapse was confirmed by no fewer than four Distribution Companies (DISCOs) on social media in a message to their customers.
Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) disclosed on Twitter that the collapse occurred around 10:40am on Monday.
It assured electricity consumers that the power supply will be restored as soon as the grid is repaired by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN).
On its part, the Abuja Electricity Distribution Plc (AEDC) and Kaduna Electric in separate statements notified their customers about the outage .