Nigeriya ta shiga cikin duhu saboda ruguyar grid ƙasa ta uku a cikin mako guda. Wannan ruguya ta faru a ranar Satde, 19 ga Oktoba, 2024, kusan sa’ar 8:16 agogon safe.
Ruguyar grid ƙasa ta faru ne bayan ta ruguya a ranar Litinin da Talata lokacin da ake yin ƙoƙarin maido da ita. Daga cikin bayanan da aka samu daga Nigerian System Operator’s portal (niggrid.org), an gano cewa grid ƙasa ta kai zero Megawatts (MW) a sa’ar 8:16 agogon safe.
Kafin ruguyar, samar da wutar lantarki ya kai 3,042 megawatts a sa’ar 8 agogon safe, kuma ya kai mafi girma a 3,968MW a sa’ar 7 agogon safe. Amma, samar da wutar lantarki ya ruguya zuwa 47MW a sa’ar 9 agogon safe.
Rashin wutar lantarki ya yi tasiri mai tsanani ga kasuwanci, gida-gida, da kayayyakin muhimman a fadin ƙasar. Ruguyar grid ƙasa ta uku a cikin mako guda ta sa jama’a suka yi zargin cewa haliyar wutar lantarki a Nijeriya ba ta da tabbas.
Kompanin wutar lantarki ta Nijeriya (TCN) har yanzu ba ta tabbatar da ruguyar grid ƙasa ba, kuma ba a san sababin ruguyar ba.