Former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has criticised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over Nigeria’s persistent electricity crisis, recalling the President’s 2022 campaign promise to forgo a second term if he failed to deliver steady power within four years.
In a statement shared on his Facebook page on Wednesday, Obi noted that the national grid has already collapsed twice in January 2026, despite the month not yet ending. He added that the grid reportedly collapsed about twelve times in 2025, describing the situation as a sharp contradiction of Tinubu’s campaign pledge.
“President Bola Tinubu’s campaign promise in 2022 was clear: ‘If I do not provide steady electricity in my first four years, do not vote for me for a second term,’” Obi wrote. “Yet, the national grid continues to collapse with alarming frequency. This reality should worry every patriotic Nigerian.”
Obi also criticised the President’s continued foreign trips, referencing Tinubu’s recent visit to Turkey, a country with a population of about 87 million people, roughly one-third of Nigeria’s population.
He contrasted Turkey’s electricity output—over 120,000 megawatts—with Nigeria’s power generation, which he said remains at less than five per cent of that figure, describing the disparity as “striking and painful.”
“Our appeal is simple: stay at home and confront the nation’s problems,” Obi stated, warning that unchecked governance failures could soon make foreign trips appear more important than addressing domestic crises.
The former Anambra State governor further lamented what he described as Nigeria’s growing fixation on the next election, rather than urgent governance challenges.
“We should be joining hands to demand accountability and responsible leadership, and to save Nigerians from the indignity and suffering caused by persistent bad governance,” he said.
Obi concluded with his signature message of hope, stating: “A New Nigeria is POssible.”
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