Is it true, that the national grid collapsed eighteen times in 2022?

Is it true, that the national grid collapsed eighteen times in 2022?

FOLLOWING the collapse of Nigeria’s national electricity grid last week, a viral claim has circulated online.

The report published by Peoples Gazette, The Nigerian Voice, Newsonlineng, and The Paradise – all claimed that the national grid had collapsed eighteen times this year.

THE FINDINGS

According to the major newspapers in Nigeria, last Wednesday’s grid collapse was the sixth one this year (2022).

Premium Times, The Sun, and the Nigerian Tribune newspapers reported that the grid collapse that occurred on Wednesday was the 6th this year.

There is no evidence to support the claim made by the blogs that the grid had witnessed 18 collapses this year. 

Also, before Wednesday’s collapse, a report by Ripples Nigeria, when the grid collapsed for the fifth time in June 2022, chronicled the timeline of the grid collapses as twice in March and twice again in April.

Conclusion

The claim that the national grid has collapsed 18 times this year is FALSE; as findings revealed that the grid had collapsed six times only this year.