Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) condemned as outrageous the statement credited to Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, claiming that 150 million Nigerians now enjoyed adequate electricity with 5,500MW.
NLC said it was an insult and a joke taken too far for a government to make such a wild claim in a country that still struggled to generate a meagre and inconsistent 5,000 megawatts—far below the global benchmark of 1,000MW per one million people
In a statement signed by NLC President Joe Ajaero, the labour movement urged the minister to stop making such unsubstantiated claims, adding that Nigerians are “tired of propaganda and sophisticated gymnastics”.