Six firms, varsity dump national grid over blackout

Baffled by constant power outages occasioned by the incessant grid collapses, six firms and one private university have got the approval of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission to generate and distribute electricity.

The firms, including Nile University of Nigeria in Abuja, will be allowed to generate up to 30 megawatts of electricity under various arrangements.

According to a report by NERC, the commission issued one off-grid…