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Power system collapse

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    Nigeria's national power grid collapsed on Thursday following a fault at one of the country's main electricity generating stations, the state-owned power company, NEPA, told news organisations. The National Electric Power Authority said a shortfall in gas supplied to its Egbin Thermal Station, near the commercial capital, Lagos, by the Nigerian Gas Company, caused the power plant to stall.

    According to the statement, this had "a cascading effect on the system, shutting down all the power generating stations". The gas supply was restored while power is being gradually reactivated nationwide. This systems failure is the fifth in the past 20 months. President Olusegun Obasanjo has made revamping Nigeria's power system, long neglected by successive military regimes, one of his priorities since he was elected into office in 1999.

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