ADC to Tinubu: Deliver electricity or don't seek second term
The African Democratic Congress Presidential Campaign Council (ADC-PCC) has slammed President Tinubu's administration for failing to fulfill his 2023 campaign pledge: "Don't vote for me for second term if I fail to deliver electricity." In a statement today, ADC-PCC Director Kola Ologbondiyan said Nigerians still face persistent outages, repeated national grid collapses, and unreliable supply more than three years later.
The council highlighted that electricity tariffs have risen without corresponding supply improvements, squeezing households, manufacturers, and small businesses. Hospitality businesses now ration electricity for guests during the day to cut costs. ADC also questioned the Presidential Metering Initiative's impact, alleging distribution companies still issue estimated bills despite the programme.
Dismissing APC's defense citing the Electricity Act and bond programmes, ADC-PCC declared: "An Act is not electricity. A bond prospectus does not power homes and factories. Nigerians cannot eat statutes." The council insists Tinubu's own condition for a second term remains straightforward: deliver working electricity or don't ask Nigerians for another mandate.
With 2027 elections approaching, will Tinubu's electricity record become the defining metric voters use to judge his first term?