The President of Nigeria Consumer Protection Network, Kunle Olubiyo, has stated that the recurrence of national grid collapses, which leave the country in darkness, exemplifies the Transmission Company of Nigeria’s shortcomings.
Olubiyo disclosed this on Monday to DAILY POST while reacting to the sixth grid collapse in 2024.
DAILY POST reports that the National grid collapsed again on Monday around 6:48 pm which plunged the country into darkness.
Although, TCN described the collapse as partial and noted that it has commenced restoration, power supply is yet to be restored in parts of the country as of the time of filing this report.
Reacting, Olubiyo said TCN’s trademark in the past years is paying lip service to the challenges facing the grid.
He knocked the TCN for its lack of sincerity in dealing with the problem of incessant grid collapses.
“The repeated occurrences of System Collapses and challenges of National Grid’s Stability and Reliability are largely due to a lack of sincerity of purposes and paying lips services to a broad spectrum of issues and misplaced priorities over the years by the management of Transmission Company of Nigeria.
“Inadequate investment in Network Improvement Strategies, Dearth of System Protective Scheme/ System Protective Devices, Near Zero.
“Vegetation Control and all other recurring decimal of already identified challenges which have received little or no attention”, he said
Recall that grid collapses were recorded on February 4, July 6, August, and September 19, 2024.
TCN data showed that the country’s national grid has collapsed more than 227 times in the last 14 years.
This comes amid the hike in electricity tariff in April by 240 percent which has worsened the hardship Nigerians are facing.
Written By Ogaga Ariemu