When Adebayo Adelabu took office as Nigeria's Minister of Power in August 2023, he promised that the country would reach 6,000 megawatts of electricity generation by the end of that year.
He stated that the lights would come on. Nigerians, used to broken promises from a sector that has disappointed every administration for decades, waited.
They are still waiting as the current electricity supply is just 3,331MW, according to data from the Nigerian Independent System Operator. This is barely enough to power a city the size of Lagos, much less
