A grid collapse, which is the breakdown of transmission lines due to over or under-frequency, is allegedly responsible for this outage.
The latest development is barely 72 hours after Nigerian cities were thrown into darkness as the grid collapsed on Tuesday.
Confirming the development, Ikeja Electric informed the public of the system outage today, affecting supply within their network, adding that restoration of supply is ongoing in collaboration with critical stakeholders.
In recent years, the power sector has experienced many challenges in areas of electricity policy enforcement, regulatory uncertainty, gas supply, transmission system constraints, and significant power sector planning shortfalls.
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In November 2013, the federal government privatized all power generation and 11 distribution companies, with the government retaining the ownership of the transmission company. This was to improve efficiency in the sector.
However, since the privatization, the grid has continued to collapse amid efforts to reposition the power sector.