Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi has lamented the incessant collapse of the national grid. DAILY POST reports that the country was on Tuesday plunged into darkness following the collapse of the dilapidated grid.
Barely three weeks after a similar incident, the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, told Nigerians on Tuesday that the national grid collapsed around 1:52 pm due to a series of lines and generators trippings. Reacting, Obi in a statement on Wednesday lamented that the collapsing of the national grid is 'now regular news'.
'And when I ask the question: is there any tribe in Nigeria that enjoys uninterrupted power supply like South Africa? I am labelled a tribal bigot. 'When I ask if any religion enjoys special privileges in this crisis, I am called a religious bigot. But I will continue to speak the truth about our situation today. 'The fact remains that we are all suffering equally from this failure.
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