National grid will continue to collapse if ….– Adelabu


The Federal Government is yet ro find solution to the frequent collapse of the National Grid in the country.

National collapse is a development that shut down power supply to the whole country many times in 2024, ROYAL NEWS reports.

The Minister of Power, Mr Adebayo Adelabu, on Monday told senators in Abuja that there was no guarantee yet that the system would not continue to crash in 2025, so long as insecurity, vandalism, and poor infrastructure remained the major threats to the grid.

Adelabu, who appeared before the Senate Committee on Power in Abuja on Monday to defend the power sector budget for 2025, also disputed the widely quoted figure that the country’s national grid collapsed 12 times in 2024, representing at least one collapse in each of the 12 months of the year.

Faulting the figure, the minister said the grid collapsed “only eight times and not 12 as always reported.”

He said to achieve a permanent end to grid collapse would require concerted efforts, including tackling insecurity and the frequent vandalism of power infrastructure.

“There is no guarantee that there will be no more grid collapse. What we can do is to make sure that it is minimal and that after a collapse, we rectify it as quickly as possible,” the minister stated.

He told the committee that the ministry was working assiduously with security agencies to manage the situation and restore the system back to work as soon as another collapse occurred.

Speaking further, Adelabu said the ministry worked hard in 2024 to stabilise the grid, adding, “We had plans to stabilise the grid and other transmission infrastructure. I am happy to also inform you that out of the eight collapses of the national grid that we experienced during 2024, five were full collapses, while three were actually partial collapses.

“Out of the five full collapses that we experienced, three of them were actually due to generation problems where we had issues with sudden reductions in generation compared to the power being taken up by the users, which affected the frequency imbalance on the grid, and the reason for this was not far-fetched.

“Out of the five, three were from generation, while two were from vandalism issues, and I don’t want to emphasise this vandalism issue because we are all aware of what happened.”

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