The national grid experienced a system disturbance on Friday, causing power outages in some parts of the country, particularly Lagos.
This occurred despite the Federal Government celebrating a historic increase in power generation to 6,000MW.
Power generation unexpectedly dropped below 1,000MW at 2 pm, down from 4,000MW earlier in the day. The peak generation for Friday was 5284MW at 5 am, but by 4 pm it had decreased to 803MW as many generation plants were unable to supply the national grid.
The Transmission Company of Nigeria has not yet responded to the incident, with spokesperson Ndidi Mbah not responding to phone calls.
However, the Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company said in a public notice, “Dear esteemed customer, Please be informed that we experienced a system outage today 07/03/2025 @ 14:00hrs, affecting supply within our network.
“Restoration of supply is ongoing in collaboration with our critical stakeholders. Kindly bear with us.”
Similarly, the Eko Electricity Distribution Company also appealed to its customers.
“Dear valued customer, kindly be informed there was a system disruption on 7th March 2025 at 13:59hrs, which has resulted in a loss of power supply across our network.
“We are currently working with our partners as we hope for speedy restoration of the grid. We will keep you updated as soon as the power supply is restored. Kindly bear with us,” Eko DisCo confirmed.
