By Iliya Kure
Nigeria’s national electricity grid has collapsed Friday evening — the third time in less than a month.
The latest case was confirmed in a statement on Friday, by head of corporate communication, Kaduna Electric Abdulazeez Abdullahi, saying the grid collapsed at 6:29pm.
It reads, “Dear Esteemed Customers, the management of Kaduna Electric regrets to inform you that the current outage being experienced in our franchise states is due to a collapse of the national grid,” the statement reads.
“The collapse occurred at about 18:29 pm this evening. Normal power supply shall be restored as soon as the grid is restored.
“We sincerely apologise for all inconveniences.”
The national grid system had collapsed on March 14 at 10:40am leading to power outage across the country.
Barely 48 hours later, the grid collapsed again on March 15, resulting in blackout across the country.