Power: APC-PCC says reforms are ongoing, ADC-PCC says bonds cannot light homes

The presidential campaign councils of the APC and ADC clashed over Bola Tinubu’s pledge to provide Nigerians with electricity or risk losing re-election in 2027. APC-PCC spokesperson Dele Alake said the power-sector reform was ongoing and pointed to the 2023 Electricity Act, which allows states to generate, distribute and transmit electricity. He said seven states had established regulatory agencies and that the government had launched a 4 trillion naira bond programme to settle legacy debts owed to power generation and gas companies. The ADC-PCC countered that laws, bonds and project announcements cannot power homes and businesses.