Nigerian businesses to lose billions of naira as 25-day blackout hits Lagos, Ogun
Business owners, banks, and manufacturers are set to lose hundreds of billions of Naira as a 25-day blackout begins in Nigeria’s commercial nerve centre, Lagos State.
This comes as Ikeja Electric and Eko Electricity Distribution, on Friday last week, in separate statements, announced that Lagos and part of Ogun State (Agbara) would be plunged into weeks of power outages.
Eko DisCo said the outage would cover working hours from 8 am to 5 pm daily from July 28 to August 21, 2025.
The outage will occur between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. each day, affecting several parts of Lagos and other serviced areas,” Eko DisCo stated.
Also, Ikeja Electric, covering most parts of Lagos State, announced the blackout.
The DisCos explained that the outage is due to the maintenance of the Omotosho–Ikeja West 330 kV line by the Transmission Company of Nigeria.
SOCIETY WATCH reports that while Ikeja Electric serves larger parts of Lagos, Eko DisCo is in charge of the southern part of the state, including Agbara Community in Ogun State.
The Ikeja Electric and Eko DisCo are Nigeria’s electricity distribution companies with the highest share of power supply from the National Grid.
Lagos State plays host to the majority of Nigeria’s businesses, with an estimated N13 trillion spent monthly on electricity bills, according to the Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources, Mr. Biodun Ogunleye.
