Former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi has reminded Nigerians of President Bola Tinubu’s campaign promise to deliver constant electricity within his first four years in office, saying the administration has instead presided over record blackouts and repeated grid collapses.
In a statement shared on his X handle, Obi quoted Tinubu’s December 22, 2022, campaign declaration: “If I don’t give you constant electricity in the next four years, don’t vote for me for second term.” He noted that the pledge was among the boldest assurances ever made to a country ranked as having the largest population without electricity access.
Obi argued that despite billions of dollars invested over the years, Nigeria’s power sector has barely grown, moving from about 4,500 megawatts to just over 5,000 MW in two decades. He compared this with countries like Vietnam, Egypt, Indonesia, and Bangladesh, which invested less but expanded power supply by tens of thousands of megawatts, transforming their economies in the process.
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“Nigeria has spent more on power generation with little or no increase in supply than many countries that have doubled their electricity generation,” Obi said, stressing that unreliable power supply continues to cripple industries, shut down factories, destroy jobs, and force businesses to depend on costly alternatives like diesel generators.
The former Anambra governor further argued that with a GDP of about $200 billion, Nigeria could raise its output by nearly 50 percent if the country achieved a minimum of 10,000 MW. He said this would drive industrial growth, create millions of jobs, and lift small and medium enterprises.
“But rather than focusing on electricity that will truly grow the economy, we are fixated on projects like coastal roads, which cannot yield comparable returns,” Obi said. “Mr. President, it is time to prioritize generating and distributing more electricity to power businesses.”
Obi ended his message with his familiar rallying call: “A New Nigeria is Possible.”
