The presidential candidate of Labour Party, LP, Mr. Peter Obi has lamented the collapse of the national grid in the country, attributing it to leadership failure.
Recall that the National Grid on Monday suffered another collapse plunging the nation into darkness.
Obi in a post shared on his X handle pointed that the collapse of the national grid had become “regular news.”
Obi decried the country’s lack of capacity to generate enough and consistent power supply. He recalled that South Africa recently celebrated seven months of uninterrupted supply on October 25.
His post reads, “Again, yesterday the now regular news came that the National Grid had collapsed once again.
“Just a few days ago, on the 25th of October, South Africa that was the second-largest economy in Africa behind Nigeria until recently, with a quarter of our population, celebrated seven months of uninterrupted power supply.
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“South Africa generates and distributes about 40,000 MW of electricity, while Nigeria struggles to generate and distribute just 10% of that. Yet, despite this stark disparity, Nigerians continue to endure daily power outages.
“And when I ask the question: is there any tribe in Nigeria that enjoys uninterrupted power supply like South Africa? I am labelled a tribal bigot.
“When I ask if any religion enjoys special privileges in this crisis, I am called a religious bigot. But I will continue to speak the truth about our situation today.
“The fact remains that we are all suffering equally from this failure. The solution lies not in tribal or religious affiliations but in visionary leadership and a shared commitment to progress.
“We must set aside these primordial sentiments and elect leaders who are competent, capable, and have the vision to transform our nation from a consumer-driven economy to a productive one by investing our meager resources in critical areas of development like health and education, lifting our people out of poverty, and ensuring increased electricity production and distribution,”he added.
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