The nationwide power crisis being experienced in the country worsened, on Thursday, with a  total system  collapse at exactly 12.58p.m.

On the systems collapse, the nation got to Ground Zero, with all the Discos receiving zero megawatts  allocation from the system operator, the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN.

The nation had experienced  drastic reduction in power supply through the national grid in recent time,  with generation standing  at 2,243.20mw, which the Federal Government blamed on vandals.

It was observed that before the systems collapse, allocation to Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, AEDC, earlier in the day   stood at 257.97mw.

The cause of the systems collapse is yet to be established at the time of filing the story as efforts to get officials of TCN to respond to the development proved abortive.

Meanwhile, the Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, reassured Nigerians that the 10,000 megawatts of electricity generation target set by the administration would be attained by the end of 2019.