Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), says he will not promise Nigerians uninterrupted 24-hour electricity within four years if elected president, arguing that such a commitment is unrealistic because building new power plants and expanding transmission infrastructure takes several years.

Speaking during an interview on Channels Television, Obi instead pledged that his administration would focus on generating, transmitting and distributing at least 10,000 megawatts of electricity consistently within a single term. He said Nigeria’s major challenge is not power generation alone but the inability to transmit and distribute available electricity efficiently.

Pressed to explain how his administration would achieve the target, Obi did not provide a detailed operational roadmap. Instead, he urged Nigerians to judge the feasibility of his promise by his credibility, integrity and track record in public office.

Obi said his strategy would include expanding embedded power projects, replicating the Geometric Power model in Aba across key industrial clusters, and settling the federal government’s outstanding debts to electricity generation companies to restore investor confidence and unlock greater investment in the power sector. He added that his administration would prioritise realistic commitments and transparent governance rather than making promises it could not fulfill.