The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has condemned in strong terms the statement credited to the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, claiming that 150 million Nigerians now enjoy “adequate electricity” with 5,500mw.
In a ststement, NLC President, Joe Ajaero said the wild assertion is not only pretentious, it is a bad joke on a people daily confronted by grinding darkness, outrageous electricity tariffs, and a power sector manipulated for private profit at the expense of national progress.
The statement said, Perhaps, the Minister wants to perform Jesus’ miracle of feeding 5,000 persons with 5 loaves of bread and 2 fishes.
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Labour argues that for the Minister to suggest that over 150 million Nigerians have access to reliable power in a country that struggles to generate a meager and inconsistent 5,000 megawatts—far below the global benchmark of 1,000MW per one million people—is to insult the intelligence and lived realities of Nigerians.
The NLC therefore advised that Nigeria should be generating no less than 150,000MW to justify such a claim.
(Editor : Ena Agbanoma)
