Labour Party’s Peter Obi has renewed pressure on President Bola Tinubu over Nigeria’s ongoing electricity failures, invoking the President’s 2022 campaign pledge: “If I don’t give you constant electricity in the next four years, don’t vote for me for a second term.”
Obi criticized the worsening power outages that continue to cripple homes, businesses, and factories. “For a nation with the world’s largest population living without electricity, that promise wasn’t just political—it was meant to be transformational,” he said.
Despite billions spent on the sector, national electricity output has barely increased from 4,500MW to 5,000MW, lagging behind peers like Vietnam and Egypt, which have doubled generation and boosted their economies. Economists estimate Nigeria’s $200 billion GDP could rise 50% if generation hit 10,000MW.
Obi slammed government spending on projects like coastal highways, arguing they “do little to revive an economy bleeding jobs.” He insisted: “This isn’t about party politics; it’s about Nigerian families, entrepreneurs, and industries surviving in darkness. The President must deliver the power he promised.”
As public frustration grows, Obi positions electricity reform as central to industrial revival, poverty reduction, and the creation of a “New Nigeria.”