The Nigerian economy was partially paralysed on Monday following the nationwide strike embarked upon by the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress.
There are indications that the organised Labour may end its strike over the new minimum wage as it reached an agreement with the Federal Government on Monday.
Members of the organised labour, on Monday lampooned the federal government over the use of force by deploying military officers against some workers in the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN). Daily Trust reports that workers in the TCN had earlier in the day joined the ongoing nationwide industrial action and…
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Again, Grid Collapse Triggers Nationwide Blackout
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On Wednesday, the national electricity grid collapsed, dropping power generation to about 260 megawatts (MW) and causing nationwide outage.
None of the over 20 generation Companies (GenCos) produced energy as of 1pm due to the system collapse while it was not immediately clear what caused the power grid disturbance, according to real-time power grid records by the Independent System Operations (ISO) section of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN.
The peak power generation was 4,757MW as of Tuesday, while the lowest generation was 3,976MW. While 101,605 megawatts hour (MWH) energy was generated, consumers through the 11 Distribution Companies (DisCos) utilised 99,955MWH.