A tweet via the official handle of Nigeria’s National Grid confirmed that the grid collapsed at about 2:09 pm on Wednesday.
“The major grid setback has occurred and the restoration is to commence,” the handler wrote.
The development was also confirmed in a statement by Jos Disco to its customers.
The utility company, however, said the grid collapsed around 1: 33 PM today, leading to the loss of power supply to its feeders.
“We hope to restore normal power supply to our esteemed customers as soon as the grid supply is restored back to normalcy,” Head Corporate Communications, Jos Disco, Dr Friday Elijah told its customers.
The grid has collapsed 11 times From January to November 2024, with today’s occurrence making it the 12th time
PUBLIC NOTICE
Dear esteemed Customer(s),
The current outage being experienced within our franchise States is a result of loss of power supply from the national grid. The loss of power supply from the national grid occurred this afternoon at about 1333 hours of today, Wednesday, 11th December 2024, hence the loss of power supply on all our feeders.
We hope to restore normal power supply to our esteemed customers as soon as the grid supply is restored back to normalcy.
Thank you for your patience and understanding as we strive to serve you better.
Dr Friday Adakole Elijah
Head, Corporate Communications.
11/12/2024