A major system failure on the national power grid is responsible for the blackout that has engulfed most parts of the country in the past two days.
The system collapse, noticed on Wednesday, had compounded an already parlous power supply situation, which the government seeks to address through the implementation of the power sector reforms.
Sources at the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, which is responsible for evacuating generated electric power from generating companies and wheeling it to distribution companies, attributed the blackout to “grid system disturbance.”
“It (blackout) was a function of grid system disturbance, which the engineers have stepped in to address. Very soon, improved electricity will be experienced in different parts of the nation,” the sources added.
The TCN was handed over to Canadian firm, Manitoba Hydro last year under a management contract for a fee of $23m for an initial period of three years.
The spokesman of the Ministry of Power, Mr. Ibrahim Haruna, however said yesterday that he did not have facts on the matter as the Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo, was on official assignment overseas.
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