Governor Alex Otti has declared that Abia State is now free from national grid collapse, stressing that his administration is investing in converting organic waste products to electricity. According to the governor, the new arrangement had been negotiated and accepted by the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, EEDC, which is in charge of power distribution in the state. “On the 24th of December, the Abia State Electricity Regulation Authority took over the regulation of power from the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission. “I am sure you would have been aware that some of the disasters (national grid collapses) that happened recently, our state was not affected, because a whole part of our power assets is within our authority,” Otti said. DAILY POST recalls that the national grid has collapsed two times in January 2026.