Nigeria experienced its sixth power grid collapse in 2024, with electricity generation plummeting from 2,583.77MW at 2 am on Monday to just 64.7MW by 3 am.

Despite a population of around 200 million people, Nigeria typically generates an average of 4,000MW of electricity. However, this level of generation is unsustainable due to recurring grid collapses caused by factors such as gas supply constraints, transmission infrastructure vandalism, and financial challenges.

According to data from the Independent System Operator, a subsidiary of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, only one electricity generation company, Ibom Power, was operational at the time of Monday morning's grid collapse.

Electricity generation on the grid plummeted even further to 44.5MW by 4 am before slightly recovering to 132.29MW an hour later.

The grid collapse was verified by the Jos Electricity Distribution Company.

Dr. Friday Elijah, the Head of Corporate Affairs at JEDC, stated in a notice to customers that the ongoing power outage within our franchise states is due to the loss of power supply from the national grid.

The loss of power supply from the national grid occurred in the early hours around 0242 hours of today, Monday, April 15, 2024, resulting in the loss of power supply on all our feeders,” Elijah stated.

However, Elijah expressed hope that the grid would be restored soon for normal power supply to electricity consumers. On February 4, 2024, power generation on the national grid plummeted to 59.9MW around 12 pm, leading to a nationwide collapse. Data from the Federal Ministry of Power revealed that electricity generation on the grid dropped from 2,658.75MW at 11 am to 59.9MW by 12 noon on February 4, 2024. This caused widespread blackouts across the country, with power distribution companies attributing the situation to the grid collapse managed by the Transmission Company of Nigeria, a federal government agency.