Peter Obi vows to quit presidency if he doesn’t improve electricity after first term

Obi, who had just flown in from Toronto, Canada, listed countries that had doubled their electricity supply in a few years, including Egypt, which he recently went to understudy.

By Jeffrey Agbo

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has said he will “leave office” if he is unable to improve electricity in Nigeria if elected.

Obi told a packed audience at Beverly Hilton, Los Angeles, United States of America on Tuesday that leaders must be accountable.

The former governor of Anambra State spoke during the flag-off of his US speaking tour.

Obi, who had just flown in from Toronto, Canada, listed countries that had doubled their electricity supply in a few years, including Egypt, which he recently went to understudy.

The ex-governor bemoaned the fact that no one was held to account in Nigeria, pointing out that when politicians get into office, they renege on what they had promised, claiming they didn’t know what it entailed.

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Obi 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 that produces a paltry 4000 megawatts for 200 million people has not.

“I will increase power generation in four to five years. This is not a guarantee. I am saying if I don’t do it, I will leave the office,” he said.

Responding to questions as to how he intends to improve electricity, Obi stated that he discovered that one of the companies responsible for Egypt’s power transformation is present in Nigeria so he decided to investigate why they haven’t replicated similar success.

He said his findings will remain confidential for now, but there was no magic involved in achieving it.