Former governor of Anambra State and presidential candidate for the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has committed to boost electricity production in Nigeria or resign after serving out his first term.
During his speech to a large audience at the upscale Beverly Hilton Los Angeles, where his US speaking tour was kicking off, Obi made the commitment.
Obi, who flew in from Toronto, Canada, listed countries that had doubled their power supply in a few years including Egypt, which he recently went to understudy, and lamented that even the president of South Africa, which produces 50,000 megawatts of electricity, had just declared a state of emergency in the sector for being too little but Nigeria, which produces a paltry 4,000 megawatts for over 200 million people, has not.
“I will increase power generation in four years. This is not a guarantee. I am saying if I don’t do it, I will leave the office,” Obi said.
He bemoaned the fact that no one was held to account in Nigeria, pointing out that when they entered office, they reneged on what they had promised, claiming they didn’t know what it entailed, saying “in Nigeria, people don’t do what is expected; people do what is inspected!”
