By Patience Chat Moses
Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has revealed the cause of the nationwide blackout that happened in the early hours of Thursday.
Recall that Valuechain had earlier reported that the nation’s electricity grid collapsed leading to a sharp drop in frequency.
The Minister said there was an explosion that led to a fire outbreak at its facility in Kainji, located in the North-central part of Nigeria.
Adelabu said this in a series of tweets on his X platform , formerly known as Twitter, where he explained that , “at 00:35Hrs this morning, Fire outbreak with explosion sound was observed on Kainji/Jebba 330kV line 2 (Cct K2J) blue phase CVT & Blue phase line Isolator of Kainji/Jebba 330kV line1 was observed burning. This led to sharp drops in frequency from 50.29Hz to 49.67 Hz at 0:35:06Hrs with Jebba generation loss of 356.63MW.”
He however, assured Nigerians that the problem would be fixed. In his own words, “we are on top of the situation and speedy restoration is in progress.
The fire has been fully arrested and over half of the connections are now up and the rest will be fully restored in no time. My sincere appreciation to those who responded or expressed concern via different.
“We are on top of the situation and speedy restoration is in progress.The fire has been fully arrested and over half of the connections are now up and the rest will be fully restored in no time.
“We are in continuous communication with our partners at the National Control Centre, NCC, Osogbo. You will be updated as we get more information.”
“Be rest assured that we are working with the relevant stakeholders to restore power as soon as the grid is stabilized.”
