Peter Obi has promised 10,000MW electricity within four years if elected President.
NewsOnline Nigeria reports that the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has promised to generate, transmit and distribute at least 10,000 megawatts of electricity within four years if elected president in the 2027 general election.
Obi made the pledge on Thursday at the party’s town hall meeting in Lagos, where he addressed supporters and stakeholders despite an earlier attack on the event venue by suspected thugs.
Speaking at the Classique Event Centre, the former Anambra State governor said electricity would be among the first national emergencies his administration would address.
“If we are elected, we will declare an immediate state of emergency on security, education and electricity.
“As I promised, we will generate, transmit and distribute at least 10,000 megawatts of electricity, because we want industrial work,” he said.
Obi said his administration would achieve the 10,000-megawatt target within four years, arguing that reliable electricity was essential to industrialisation, job creation and economic growth.
He lamented that Nigeria’s persistent power shortage had continued to undermine businesses, weaken industries and constrain economic activities.
To highlight the scale of the challenge, Obi compared Nigeria’s electricity supply with that of South Africa.
“I was in South Africa; they have over 40,000 megawatts of electricity and yet people are complaining they have no power when we have just 4,000 in Nigeria and we’re not complaining. This is the time for us to come out to complain,” he said.
The NDC candidate said Nigeria currently generates and distributes about 4,000 megawatts of electricity for a population of more than 200 million people.
He maintained that expanding electricity generation, transmission and distribution would help revive industries, create employment opportunities and stimulate economic activities across the country.
His pledge places electricity supply among the key policy issues likely to feature in discussions ahead of the 2027 presidential election.
