Senator Adams Oshiomhole has challenged residents of Edo State to secure Nigeria’s industrial future by returning President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to office for a second term, emphasizing that the next phase of the administration will prioritize a total overhaul of the power sector.
Speaking on Thursday before an enthusiastic crowd at the Benin Township Stadium during the APC presidential campaign rally, the former governor and Deputy Director-General of the Tinubu Campaign Council stressed that economic transformation and job creation are impossible without a dependable electricity supply.
Reflecting on chronic power shortages, Oshiomhole blamed historical missteps and flawed billing frameworks for hobbling the nation’s energy grid. He recounted his own challenges as state governor, where heavy public investments in transformers for distribution companies failed to translate into reliable power for citizens.
- ”Being a pharmacist and the wife of a former banker, between the two they destroyed our power delivery system. They introduced a flawed billing system. I spent a dozen government money to buy transformers to support these distribution companies, and yet once you do it, it became their property and they never gave us light,” Oshiomhole noted.
Looking ahead, the senator urged voters to focus on the future rather than past failures, pointing to President Tinubu’s written commitment to radically reform the electricity sector. He argued that fixing power will unlock the resourcefulness of Nigerian entrepreneurs, revive manufacturing plants, and drive nationwide employment.
”The good news is not to lament what they failed to do. The good news is to assure you in the manifesto, written black and white by the President, the next phase will ensure that power is radically reformed. When there is power, a lot of people are resourceful. So I think with the power reform, the Nigerian economy will change, the manufacturing sector will come up, and every other thing will be fine. We just need to create jobs. We need to reinforce distribution of the gains of the reforms,” he declared.
The APC leadership maintains that a second mandate for President Tinubu is vital for safeguarding structural reforms, driving industrialization, and delivering shared prosperity across the country.
