Amid persistent electricity outages across Nigeria, President Bola Tinubu has assured citizens that power supply will improve in the coming days.
The president gave the assurance while addressing members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at its National Convention held on Friday in Abuja.
Nigeria has witnessed repeated power disruptions in recent weeks, largely attributed to reduced electricity generation.
However, Tinubu said efforts were underway to reverse the trend.
“I assure you, many of you lamenting the problem of electricity and power; we are paying attention to that.
“Electricity will become better, and we assure you there will be opportunities and progress in our industrialisation, ” he said.
He disclosed that the government plans to boost supply through new infrastructure initiatives.
“Through the Grid Asset Management Company, we will inject approximately 1,500 megawatts into a new grid corridor,” he said.
According to Tinubu, the administration’s policies are beginning to yield measurable results.
“The impact of our programmes is visible, tangible, impactful, and measurable, not mere rhetoric as some opposition elements like to suggest.
”We are moving from survival mode to stability,” he added.
Since assuming office in 2023, the president has introduced key economic reforms, including the unification of the exchange rate and the removal of fuel subsidies, measures that have drawn criticism from opposition groups who argue they have increased hardship.
Acknowledging the challenges, Tinubu maintained that reforms of such scale were never easy but remain necessary.
“The road to reform would be tough,” he said, while insisting that the country is making steady progress.
“Fellow compatriots, since assuming office, our government has remained focused on delivering on our mandate to the Nigerian people despite a complex global economic and political environment,” he noted.
“Today, I can assure you that we are on the right track. Investor confidence has greatly improved.”
He further highlighted renewed foreign interest in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector, an oversubscribed Eurobond issuance, and the country’s exit from the financial grey list as signs of returning global confidence.
