A widespread power outage has affected several states within the franchise area of Jos Electricity Distribution Company, following a loss of supply from the national grid.
JEDC franchise states include Gombe, Bauchi, Benue and Plateau.
According to Dr. Friday Elijah, Head of Corporate Communications, the outage occurred at approximately 11:28 am on Thursday.
Elijah disclosed this in a press statement obtained by our correspondent in Gombe.
PERISCOPE NIGERIA reports that grid collapse has become a reoccurring decimal in 2024. The last Transmission Company of Nigeria explained it as disturbance, which lasted for hours.
“The loss of power supply from the national grid has resulted in the shutdown of all our feeders,” Dr Elijah explained. “We understand the inconvenience this has caused our valued customers and assure them that we are working diligently to restore normal power supply as soon as possible.”
Elijah appealed for patience and understanding from affected customers, stating, “We appreciate our customers’ continued trust in our services and are committed to providing reliable power supply.”
He assured that the company is working to restore power as soon as the national grid is restored to normalcy.
“We will continue to update our customers on the progress of restoration efforts,” Elijah added.
