Peter Obi Makes U-turn Over Comments On National Grid, Commends TCN
The official competitor of the Work Party in the 2023 surveys, Peter Obi, has turned around sharply over his remark on the supposed breakdown of the public lattice.
Following power outages experienced in pieces of Lagos on Saturday, Obi in a post on X said the relentless fall of the matrix which happened multiple times in 2024 has exposed Nigerians to ‘untold misfortune and difficulty.’
He said regardless of acquiring more than $3.23 billion over the most recent four years to fix its power issues, the repetitive events of framework breakdown have kept on damaging the country’s power area.
Be that as it may, he confronted reaction from numerous Nigerians who blamed him for not checking issues prior to responding to them.
Obi from that point turned around his position, saying his underlying remark depended on reports from respectable media stages.
In a subsequent post on X, Obi said he has discovered that there was no network breakdown following explanations by the Transmission Organization of Nigeria (TCN) regarding this situation.
“Following my prior message with respect to the supposed breakdown of the Public Lattice, which depended on reports from trustworthy media stages, I have since discovered that there was no such breakdown. All things considered, the occurrence included the stumbling of the Osogbo-Ihovbor and Benin-Omotosho lines, which impacted the Lagos hub.
“I value the Transmission Organization of Nigeria (TCN) for their brief explanation regarding this situation.
“I genuinely trust we will focus on upgrading our framework in the power area and stay focused on further developing power age to meet the developing necessities of north of 200 million Nigerians.”
Prior, the TCN explained that the blackout was brought about by stumbling of the Osogbo-Ihovbor and Benin-Omotosho lines showing that the cases about framework breakdown was phony information.
Following my previous message in regards to the supposed breakdown of the Public Lattice, which depended on reports from legitimate media stages, I have since discovered that there was no such breakdown. All things considered, the episode included the stumbling of the Osogbo-Ihovbor and Benin-Omotosho… https:///QzQ87q70JY
— Peter Obi (@PeterObi) January 12, 2025
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