* The 4th time under 2 weeks
Nine Northern states of the country have been plunged into darkness as the national grid collapsed again on Monday.
The President of Nigeria Consumer Protection Network, Kunle Olubiyo, disclosed the latest power grid collapse on Monday night.
The system collapse led to outages in Benue, Borno, Gombe, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Taraba, and parts of Nasarawa State.
The latest collapse, though partial, is the fourth time in less than two weeks.
At the weekend, the grid collapsed for the third time in a week.
Reacting to the incessant national grid collapse and its impact on Nigeria’s economy, Olubiyo asked President Bola Tinubu to declare an emergency on the power sector.
“The present overwhelming widespread darkness being experienced in about 11 Northern states is nothing but a global embarrassment,” he said.
Meanwhile, the authorities are yet to confirm the latest grid collapse.
Earlier, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) and the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) blamed Saturday’s grid collapse on an explosion of a transformer at the Jebba transmission station.