Electricity supply has been partly restored in Nigeria hours after a national grid collapse.
Emeka Ezeh, Head of Corporate Communications at Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC), confirmed this in a statement on Saturday.
Earlier, a nationwide blackout occurred around 3 pm on Saturday. However, Ezeh provided an update stating that bulk supply was partially restored by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) around 6:54 pm.
“This is to inform you of partial supply restoration after the system collapsed earlier today, 6th July 2024. So far, Awada and GCM TCN stations received supply at 18:54 hours; Nibo TCN station and Agu Awka TCN station received supply at 18:55 hours and 18:56 hours respectively; while Oji River TCN station received supply at 19:22 hours,” Ezeh stated.
“We are still standing by, anticipating full and normal restoration of supply to other interface TCN stations,” He added.
