● Ex-Anambra gov: Nigeria generates less than 10% of Egypt, South Africa power. “It cannot happen under me”
Peter Obi has thrown down a power gauntlet: Elect me in 2027 and Nigeria will jump from 4,000MW to 10,000MW electricity generation in four years.
The former Anambra governor made the pledge Saturday after emerging as the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, sole presidential candidate at the party’s national convention in Abuja.
Obi ripped into Nigeria’s power numbers before party delegates.
“A country of over 200 million people only generates and distributes 4,000MW. That is unacceptable,” he declared.
“Nigeria has the highest number of citizens without access to electricity in the whole world. About 100 million Nigerians are in darkness.”
Then came the comparison that stung: “South Africa and Egypt — both less than 50% of our population — generate over 40,000MW each. We are not even producing 10% of what these two African nations produce. These are African countries. It cannot happen. And it will not happen under our government.”
Obi’s core pledge: Triple current capacity by 2031. “I pledge on behalf of our government that in four years, this country will generate and distribute at least 10,000 megawatts from the 4,000 they are doing today.”
The NDC candidate dismissed NBS figures putting Q2 2024 unemployment at 4.3%. He said the data “does not reflect the realities on the ground” for millions of jobless Nigerians.
—Why power matters for 2027—
Electricity has sunk every president since 1999. Obi’s 10,000MW promise sets a clear, measurable benchmark against Tinubu’s current 4,000MW baseline. If he can’t explain how he’ll get there, rivals will pounce. If he does, it becomes his strongest campaign weapon.
NDC’s ratification of Obi makes him one of the first major opposition candidates to lock in 2027 ticket. The power pledge is now his opening salvo.
