A former Kaduna Central lawmaker, Shehu Sani, has lamented over the electricity situation in the country.
Sani recounted how the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo pumped billions of dollars into the power sector, yet the nation was still left in darkness.
He claimed that most of the funds were pocketed by bureaucrats, and the country was left with uncompleted projects.
Speaking via Twitter, Sani wrote, “It’s still too early to forget how the Obasanjo administration pumped in billions of dollars in the name of power, left the nation in darkness, with uncompleted projects and the chunk of the money was pocketed by bureaucrats and contractors.
“Successive governments continue with that fraud. There was never any success story in Nigeria’s power sector since 1999. About $ 25 billion was spent in 23 years for nothing.
Our power generation capacity is still 4,753 MW, and South Africa is 58,095MW.”
