Outage in South-East as National Power Grid Collapses Again

The country’s power grid has collapsed again, leaving most parts of the country without electricity.

It was gathered that the collapse occurred in the early hours of Thursday, around 12:40am.

The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) confirmed the collapse in a message to its customers.

The statement was signed by Head, Corporate Communications of EEDDC, Emeka Ezeh.

The company said as a result of the systemwide collapse, it was unable to supply power to the five states in its coverage area.

It further noted that it was on standby awaiting detailed information about the collapse and restoration of supply from the National Control Centre (NCC).

The statement read: “The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company PLC (EEDC) wishes to inform her esteemed customers of a total system collapse which occurred at 12:40am today, 14th September,2023.

“This has resulted to the loss of supply currently being experienced across the network.

“Due to this development, all our interface TCN stations are out of supply, and we are unable to provide service to our customers in Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo States.

“We are on standby awaiting detailed information of the collapse and restoration of supply from the National Control Centre (NCC), Osogbo.”