Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, has promised that an ADC-led government would provide stable and affordable electricity by pursuing a diversified and decentralised power generation strategy.
Atiku made the pledge in a statement issued on Sunday by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu.
According to the former Vice President, Nigeria’s electricity challenges can only be solved by moving away from overdependence on large, centralised power plants and embracing multiple energy sources.
He said an ADC administration under his leadership would prioritise electricity generation from hydro, gas, solar and other viable energy sources while expanding transmission infrastructure, improving distribution networks and encouraging private sector investment.
“An ADC administration under my leadership will pursue a diversified and decentralised electricity generation strategy driven by hydro, gas, solar and other viable energy sources, while expanding transmission infrastructure, strengthening distribution networks and encouraging private sector participation to guarantee stable and affordable electricity across the country,” he said.
Atiku also criticised the administration of President Bola Tinubu, saying it took nearly three years to embrace a policy direction he had advocated for more than two decades.
“It should not take a government three years in office to discover what was obvious more than two decades ago,” he said.
He argued that the government increased electricity tariffs before fixing the problems in the power sector.
“A government that thinks before it acts would have fixed the system before asking citizens to pay more. Unfortunately, this administration has done the exact opposite,
