The electricity distribution companies (DisCos) have announced another collapse of the national electricity grid.
In different statements by the DisCos on Wednesday, they said the blackout being experienced across the country is as a result of the industrial action by electricity workers.
Earlier in the day, the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) had announced the commencement of a nationwide strike.
In a statement, Anthony Sule, assistant secretary general of NUEE, had said the union’s decision was made since the federal government failed to dialogue with them to resolve the lingering issues in the sector.
The Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC), the country’s largest power distributor, later issued a statement to announce that the strike had disrupted its services.
“Subsequently, the action has led to a nationwide shut down of electricity installations and has resulted in the disruption of service across our network,” the company said.
“We sincerely apologise for all inconveniences to our esteemed customers. Power will be restored immediately the strike is called off.”
The Eko DisCo also informed its customers of the system collapse, via Twitter.
“Please be informed that the present outage being experienced is due to a system collapse of the National grid,” the firm said.
“Work is on going to identify the fault and restore supply accordingly. Please bear with us.
Dear valued customer,
Please be informed that the present outage being experienced is due to a system collapse of the National grid. Work is on going to identify the fault and restore supply accordingly. Please bear with us.
Thank you.EKEDC .
— Eko Electricity Distribution Company (@EKEDP) December 11, 2019