Another power grid collapse paralyses businesses, other activities

Economic activities were again paralysed nationwide for several hours yesterday following the collapse of the national grid.The incident that took more than 12 hours to fix, triggered a drop in generation from 629 megawatts to 64.70mw, leaving commercial and domestic users without power for hours before the grid in Osogbo, Osun State was fixed.

“During the incident, the Ibom Power plant was isolated from the grid and was supplying parts of the Port Harcourt region. This further minimised the effect of the system disturbance. TCN announced that the affected section of the grid had been fully restored and stabilised.” Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company got zero allocation. Others like Eko, Jos and Enugu assured their customers of improved power once the situation normalised.In Lagos, an hotel manager said that apart from the fact that erratic power supply damage their appliances, their customers were sometimes trapped inside the elevator.David Nwosu, an event manager in a Lagos-based hotel said: “The unstable light has affected some of our appliances, and we have to keep replacing them.

“This is affecting how we charge our customers. If we subsidise price for them because of electricity, we end up using diesel to power our generator. You can imagine the negative implication on our company.”Consumers in Rivers did not care to know that the PHEDC got zero megawatt allocation. Residents, especially youths of Oro Abali, shut down a power plant in the community during a protest.

“Shops are closing down, tenants are relocating, business are crumbling as a result of no power to strive in their daily business activities. Residents are developing airborne diseases caused by heat which is taking a toll on children.” Eze, who operates a private business, added: “For some days now, we haven’t had power and that has put so much pressure on my resources as a businessman.

Chief Executive Officer, Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise , Dr. Muda Yusuf, who said outages worsen inflation, advocated payment of compensation to consumers for power disruptions.

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