Northern states grope in darkness as National Grid collapses again

No less than nine states in Northern Nigeria have been thrown into darkness as the National Grid collapsed again.

Kunle Olubiyo, President of Nigeria Consumer Protection Network, made this known in a statement on Monday night.

The collapse of the electricity system has led to outages in Kaduna, Kano, Jigawa, Benue, Katsina, Taraba, Gombe, and parts of Borno and Nasarawa states.

The latest collapse though partial is the fourth time within ten days.

Over the weekend the grid collapsed for the third time in a week.

In his reaction to the incessant national grid collapse and its impact on Nigeria’s economy, Olubiyo asked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to declare an emergency on the power sector.

“The present overwhelming widespread darkness being experienced in about 11 Northern States is nothing but a global embarrassment,” he said.

Meanwhile, Nigerian authorities are yet to confirm the latest grid collapse.

Earlier, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission and the Transmission Company of Nigeria blamed Saturday’s grid collapse on an explosion of a current transformer at the Jebba transmission station at 08:15 am hours.