Though the transmission organisation is yet to advance reasons for the latest incident, the network recorded over 11 failures last year.
While the grid experienced collapsed in May this year due to industrial unrest, it earlier gave way in April, questioning the integrity of the infrastructure.
The Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors , the umbrella body of the distribution companies, had last year decried the repeated occurrences, stating that TCN’s analogue system caused over 100 collapses since the privatisation of the power sector in 2013.
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