El Niño: Nigerian Government Knows the Risks, Yet the Country Remains Without Power, Utomi Says

Political economy professor Pat Utomi sharply criticized President Bola Tinubu’s administration over Nigeria’s worsening electricity crisis. In a post on his verified X account on Sunday, he said millions of Nigerians had gone weeks without reliable power as the El Niño climate threat approaches. Utomi said those responsible know the warnings and the potential danger to Nigeria, and argued that a government unable to guarantee electricity must explain itself. He added that ordinary Nigerians must not continue to be treated as an afterthought.