Power supply partly restored hours after National Grid collapse

Just hours after the national infrastructure collapsed, electricity supply has been partially restored in the country. 

This was confirmed by Emeka Ezeh, the Head of Corporate Communications at Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, in a statement issued on Saturday.

News360 Nigeria reports that there was a nationwide blackout in Nigeria around 3 pm on Saturday.

However, Ezeh, in an update, said bulk supply was partially restored by Transmission Company of Nigeria around 6:54 pm on Saturday.

“This is to inform you of partial supply restoration after the system collapsed earlier today(Saturday), 6th July 2024.

“So far, Awada and GCM TCN stations received supply at 18:54 hours; Nibo TCN station and Agu Awka TCN station received supply at 18.55 hours and 18:56 hours respectively; while Oji River TCN station received supply at 19:22 hours.

“We are still standing by, anticipating full and normal restoration of supply to other interface TCN stations, ” Ezeh stated