Nigeria’s electricity grid collapsed twice – on September 14 and 19 – which caused nationwide blackouts. Such collapses are not exactly rare occurrences in Nigeria.
Last year, Africa’s biggest economy experienced a grid collapse no less than four times. These incidents have been attributed to gas shortages, poor infrastructure, and transmission failures.
Nigeria’s Energy Minister, Adebayo Adelabu, was linked to the first collapse involving the tripping of a major transmission line in the Niger state, which affected the whole