The APC Campaign Council has said that President Bola Tinubu's 2023 electricity pledge is being quoted out of context, Channels Television reports. The council's position was carried by multiple Nigerian outlets, including TheCable and Premium Times Nigeria, which reported that the campaign body wants the commitment considered in full context.
The dispute centres on how the pledge has been characterised by critics. According to Channels Television, the campaign council argues the original statement has been taken out of context in recent discussion of the promise.
The issue has drawn responses from opposition figures. Punch Newspapers reports that the ADC challenged Tinubu and the APC over what it described as an unfulfilled power supply pledge. Vanguard News reports that Atiku Abubakar also criticised the APC over the pledge, saying that bonds cannot light homes.
The reports summarised here do not set out the full text of Tinubu's 2023 statement or the specific figures attached to it, and the campaign council's detailed explanation was not available in the material reviewed.
What to watch next: whether the campaign council publishes the full context of the original pledge, and how opposition parties respond to that explanation.
