The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, said grid collapses are almost inevitable in Nigeria given the deplorable state of the country’s power infrastructure.
Adelabu stated this in Lagos State.
According to him, power grids in different regions or states are needed to prevent incessant grid collapses as having multiple power grids in each region and state would ensure stability.
He noted that the decentralisation of the power sector would help the plan to build grids in each region, saying, this was made possible by the Electricity Act signed by President Bola Tinubu in 2023.
Meanwhile, the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), has announced that the national grid has successfully restored about 90 per cent of bulk power supply across its substations nationwide, following a system collapse that plunged the country into a blackout.