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Naomi Tanko-Agbu, the Commissioner for Energy and Economic Development in Taraba State, expressed strong concern on Thursday about the long-lasting power outage in the North East region and the federal government's slow response to solving the issue. Jalingo, the capital of Taraba state, and other states in the northeast have been without electricity for over three weeks.

According to data from the Transmission Company of Nigeria, power generation on the national grid dropped from 2,984 megawatts at around 4 pm on Thursday to zero megawatts at 5 pm the same day. Due to this grid collapse on Thursday evening, the whole country was affected.