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Nigeria experienced a nationwide power outage recently after the country’s electrical grid collapsed due to technical failures, the West African nation’s electricity distribution companies reported. The outage affected all of Nigeria’s 36 states and the capital city of Abuja. The grid has collapsed multiple times, and it was not clear when power would be restored
Nigeria experienced a nationwide power outage recently after the country’s electrical grid collapsed due to technical failures, the West African nation’s electricity distribution companies reported. The outage affected all of Nigeria’s 36 states and the capital city of Abuja. The grid has collapsed multiple times, and it was not clear when power would be restored.
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The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC), which supplies electricity to southeastern Nigeria, issued a statement announcing a total system collapse. Nigeria battles with dilapidated energy infrastructure that has caused frequent power outages.
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Nigeria generates a daily average of 4,000 megawatts of electricity for a population of more than 210 million people, far from the 30,000 megawatts a day authority has said it needs. The inadequate power supply leaves millions of residents relying on gasoline-powered generators for electricity. However, gasoline prices have more than doubled this year after the government ended decades-long subsidies. Many households and businesses have struggled to find an alternative source of power supply.
