For the third time this year there has been another disruption of power supply to several cities across Nigeria following a system grid collapse Friday.
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) said it was struggling to manage a partial system failure which occurred in the early hours of Friday. Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company (IKEDC) announced a system outage around 2:00 p.m. on Friday.
“Please be informed that we experienced a system outage today 07/03/2025, at 14:00 hours, affecting supply within our network. Restoration of supply is ongoing in collaboration with our critical stakeholders,” the company wrote.
“The current power situation is as a result of reduced power allocation from our TCN partners aimed at maintaining grid stability. The situation has resulted in unavoidable load shedding across our network.”
Recently, Nigeria’s power sector has experienced challenges, and despite the federal government’s several attempts to reform it, the results have been slow. The country also suffered 12 system collapses in 2024 and over 100 times in 10 years
