The Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has pledged to raise Nigeria’s power supply to 10,000MW in four years.
Obi made the promise on Saturday shortly after his declaration as presidential candidate of the party ahead of the next year’s general elections.
He said he would not come into government and start making excuses about why certain things cannot be done.
“This is something we have carefully studied. Give us four years and we will fix Nigeria’s electricity issue. We’ll raise Nigeria’s power supply to 10,000MW.
“It is completely unacceptable that a country of over 200 million people generates and distributes only about 4,000 megawatts of electricity while millions of Nigerians still lack access to reliable power.
“Countries like South Africa and Egypt, despite having significantly smaller populations, each generate and distribute over 40,000 megawatts.
“Nigeria is not even producing one-tenth of what those countries generate, and that must change,” he said.
KAKAKI OKEOGUN NEWS earlier reported that NDC ratified Obi as its presidential candidate for the 2027 elections.
The party took the decision at its national convention held in Abuja on Saturday.
At the event, Victor Umeh, the senator representing Anambra central, moved the motion for Obi’s ratification, while Ovie Omo-Agege, former deputy senate president, seconded it, drawing loud cheers from the jubilant crowd.
Obi picked NDC presidential nomination and expression of interest forms on May 17.
Three days later, he was cleared by the NDC national screening committee as the party’s sole presidential aspirant ahead the primaries.
