Former presidential candidate Peter Obi has called on the federal government to proffer long lasting solutions to the power emergency in the country.
Obi made the call on social media while raising worries about the ongoing power emergency following one more breakdown of the national grid.
This was after Nigerians were plunged into a new round of murkiness following one more breakdown of the national power grid.
Since January 2024 till date, the grid has imploded 10 times, and three times in October alone.
Talking on the issue via a statement on Wednesday , Obi compared Nigeria’s battles with power supply to South Africa’s recent progress in accomplishing seven months of continuous power.
Once more, he said, “ 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 up to this point, with a quarter of our population, celebrated seven months of continuous power supply.
“South Africa generates and distributes about 40,000 MW of electricity, while Nigeria battles to generate and distribute only 10% of that.”
“Is there any clan 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,” he said.
“The fact remains that we are all suffering equally from this failure,” he said.
He admonished Nigerians to move past “primordial sentiments” and on second thought focus on electing leaders who can drive the country towards advancement.
He expressed, “The fact remains that we are all suffering equally from this failure. The solution lies not in tribal or religious affiliations but rather in visionary leadership and a shared commitment to advance.
“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 meagre resources in critical areas of development like health and education, lifting our people out of poverty, and ensuring increased electricity production and distribution.”
