The Federal Government, through the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), will investigate the recent power grid problems that happened on Monday and Tuesday.
The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, clarified that there was no grid collapse but rather a trip-off, which is a temporary power cut.
TCN stated that the national grid faced a “partial disturbance” on Monday. Efforts to fix the grid continued into Tuesday.
TCN’s spokesperson, Ndidi Mbah, explained that recovery began immediately. The Azura power station helped restart the system, and by Tuesday morning at 10:24 am, the recovery was progressing well. However, there was a small problem that delayed the process.
Reports indicate that the power grid faced another issue on Tuesday while trying to restore power. Mbah said that despite this setback, TCN kept working on recovering the grid, which was mostly successful, allowing power to reach about 90 percent of its substations across the country.
Power was restored to areas like Abuja and other major cities, although some places remained without electricity by 7 pm on Tuesday.
Mbah noted that the Ibom Gas generating station was not affected and continued to supply electricity to parts of the South-South region, including Eket, Uyo, and Itu.
Mbah added that an investigation into the cause of the power issues would start once the grid was fully restored.
Meanwhile, Minister Adelabu, speaking to The PUNCH, insisted there was no grid collapse. He explained that a grid collapse would mean a complete failure of the entire system. Instead, it was a line issue affecting only specific areas, and major cities like Abuja, Lagos, and Ibadan were not impacted. The situation was fixed within two hours, he said.
Adelabu also mentioned that power disturbances can happen anywhere in the world due to factors like weather and aging infrastructure.
He emphasized that the important thing is how quickly they respond to fix these issues, and he assured that they acted swiftly to restore power.
