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While APC-PCC said the President’s fixing of the country’s electricity sector was ongoing and had signed the Electricity Act 2023 to enable states generate, distribute and transmit power, ADC-PCC insisted Nigerians could not power their homes and businesses with laws, bonds and project announcements. By Omeiza Ajayi & Luminous Jannamike ABUJA—The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, APC-PCC, and African Democratic Congress Presidential Campaign Council, ADC-PCC, were yesterday locked in a verbal war over President Bola Tinubu’s declaration during his campaign in 2023 that if he failed to give Nigerians power, they should not re-elect him in 2027.
Context & Background
✦The APC-PCC said Tinubu signed the Electricity Act, 2023, on June 9, within two weeks of taking office.
Key Figures & Named Entities
yesterday:By Omeiza Ajayi & Luminous Jannamike ABUJA—The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, APC-PCC, and African Democratic Congress Presidential Campaign Council, ADC-PCC, were yesterday locked in a verbal war over President Bola Tinubu’s declaration during his campaign in 2023 that if he failed to give Nigerians power, they should not re-elect him in 2027.2023:While APC-PCC said the President’s fixing of the country’s electricity sector was ongoing and had signed the Electricity Act 2023 to enable states generate, distribute and transmit power, ADC-PCC insisted Nigerians could not power their homes and businesses with laws, bonds and project announcements.yesterday:In a statement yesterday, the spokesperson of APC-PCC, Dele Alake, said recent public commentary had reproduced the campaign promise without its closing qualification.
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✦While APC-PCC said the President’s fixing of the country’s electricity sector was ongoing and had signed the Electricity Act 2023 to enable states generate, distribute and transmit power, ADC-PCC insisted Nigerians could not power their homes and businesses with laws, bonds and project announcements.
✦By Omeiza Ajayi & Luminous Jannamike ABUJA—The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, APC-PCC, and African Democratic Congress Presidential Campaign Council, ADC-PCC, were yesterday locked in a verbal war over President Bola Tinubu’s declaration during his campaign in 2023 that if he failed to give Nigerians power, they should not re-elect him in 2027.
✦The APC-PCC said Tinubu signed the Electricity Act, 2023, on June 9, within two weeks of taking office.
Key Facts:yesterday: By Omeiza Ajayi & Luminous Jannamike ABUJA—The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, APC-PCC, and African Democratic Congress Presidential Campaign Council, ADC-PCC, were yesterday locked in a verbal war over President Bola Tinubu’s declaration during his campaign in 2023 that if he failed to give Nigerians power, they should not re-elect him in 2027.2023: While APC-PCC said the President’s fixing of the country’s electricity sector was ongoing and had signed the Electricity Act 2023 to enable states generate, distribute and transmit power, ADC-PCC insisted Nigerians could not power their homes and businesses with laws, bonds and project announcements.yesterday: In a statement yesterday, the spokesperson of APC-PCC, Dele Alake, said recent public commentary had reproduced the campaign promise without its closing qualification.2023: Speaking to members of the Organised Private Sector, OPS, in Lagos, ahead of the 2023 general elections, Tinubu, then the APC candidate, had reportedly said: “Whichever way, by all means necessary, you will have electricity, and you will not pay for estimated bills anymore.
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“Paying old debts is not the same as building new power infrastructure. Bonds cannot be presented as a substitute for power in people’s homes"
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By Omeiza Ajayi & Luminous Jannamike ABUJA—The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, APC-PCC, and African Democratic Congress Presidential Campaign Council, ADC-PCC, were yesterday locked in a verbal war over President Bola Tinubu’s declaration during his campaign in 2023 that if he failed to give Nigerians power, they should not re-elect him in 2027.
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By Omeiza Ajayi & Luminous Jannamike ABUJA—The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, APC-PCC, and African Democratic Congress Presidential Campaign Council, ADC-PCC, were yesterday locked in a verbal war over President Bola Tinubu’s declaration during his campaign in 2023 that if he failed to give Nigerians power, they should not re-elect him in 2027.
