By Harry Awurumibe, Editor, Abuja Bureau
The incessant collapse of the national grid has thrown Nigeria’s seat of government, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) into a blanket darkness with the ever-busy Umar Yar’Adua Expressway leading to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja the worst hit as the streetlights are none functional.
Prompt News investigations revealed that none of the two different streetlights installed by the previous and present federal government and FCT administrations across the territory are working at the moment as all the streetlights are now in comatose.
For example, a drive from the Abuja City Gate near the Moshood Abiola National Stadium and Abuja Metro Station in the Central Business District (CBD) through the Umar Yar’Adua Expressway to Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in the early hours of Sunday, October 20, 2024, clearly showed that no single streetlight was on as the entire stretch of road crossing Lugbe, Kuje junction and airport approach was under the cover of darkness.
Our correspondent drove through the dark Umar Yar’Adua Expressway to Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in the early hours of Sunday to drop off a family member who travelled abroad and had to brave the darkness even at the car lots of the airport where vehicles headlamps became the streetlights for passengers to navigate their ways at the nation’s prime gateway.
However, it was gathered that the none functioning of the streetlights in FCT have been made worse by the frequent collapse of the national grid which collapsed for the third time in one week on Saturday, October 19, 2024.
The national grid had earlier collapsed twice during the week, further straining an already fragile Nigeria’s power system and throwing the entire country into darkness.
Data obtained data from the Nigerian System Operator’s portal (niggrid.org) revealed that the grid recorded zero megawatts (MW) as of 9.20am today.
The latest failure comes on the heels of two other collapses earlier in the week, further straining the already fragile power system which has bedeviled Nigeria.
Data obtained from the Nigerian System Operator’s portal (niggrid.org) revealed that the grid recorded zero megawatts (MW) as at 9.20am on Saturday, although at the time of reporting the latest collapse, the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), responsible for managing the national grid, has yet to release a statement regarding the incident.
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