Total Blackout In Abuja, Environs As AEDC On Zero Electricity Allocation

The Abuja Electricity Distribution, Company(AEDC) is currently on zero allocation from the National Grid, following collapse of the national grid as at 5 a.m. on Thursday. ADEC General Manager Corporate Communication, Mr Oyebode Fadipe, made this known in an interview with newsmen on Thursday in Abuja. Fadipe said the collapse of the national grid interrupted power supply to its franchise areas of Kogi, Nasarawa, Niger and the Federal Capita territory (FCT). ”We hope that the situation would improve in the coming hours, given the efforts by officials of Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) to restore normalcy at the grid. Meanwhile, TCN confirmed collapse of the national grid. The General Manager, Public Affairs, TCN , Mrs Ndidi Mbah, said that details of the collapse would be communicated latter. Our correspondent reports that the national grid recorded two major collapses in April.