Nigeria, Dec. 16 -- The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has said the recent drop in power supply across the South-east was due to "low system frequency occasioned by gas constraints affecting generation companies."

EEDC is the power distribution company that supplies power to homes and businesses in south-east Nigeria.

The spokesperson for the EEDC, Emeka Ezeh, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday.

"This development has necessitated the load shedding of available energy by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN)," Mr Ezeh said.

The spokesperson explained that the development had impacted energy allocation to EEDC and daily service level to customers served by its subsidiary companies.

He identified the subsidiary ...