Ayobamiji Komolafe 
No fewer than nine Northern States in Nigeria were thrown into darkness on Monday night following yet another collapse of the national grid.
President of the Nigeria Consumer Protection Network, Kunle Olubiyo disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday.
According to him, the affected states include Kaduna, Kano, Jigawa, Benue, Katsina, Taraba, Gombe, and parts of Borno and Nasarawa.
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The new development marks the fourth grid collapse in less than two weeks across the country.
The latest incident, though a partial collapse, adds to the concerns already raised by earlier collapses, including one on Saturday that affected several regions.
Despite the repeated failures, Nigerian authorities are yet to officially confirm the most recent collapse.
New Telegraph had earlier reported that the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) and Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) attributed Saturday’s grid failure to an explosion of a current transformer at the Jebba Transmission Substation at 08:15 am.
Reacting to the continued instability in the power sector, Kunle Olubiyo called on President Tinubu to declare an emergency in the sector.
He noted that the constant grid collapses are damaging Nigeria’s economy and international reputation.
“The present overwhelming widespread darkness being experienced in about 11 Northern States is nothing but a global embarrassment,” Olubiyo stated.
The persistent outages have left millions of Nigerians without reliable power.
This has further sparked demands for urgent reforms to address the longstanding issues plaguing the nation’s electricity infrastructure.
