A renowned political economist, Prof Pat Utomi, has aimed a sharp criticism at President Bola Tinubu’s government over Nigeria’s electricity woes, warning that the country is stumbling into a climate emergency with its lights already out.
In a post on his verified X account on Sunday, the activist said millions of Nigerians have spent weeks without dependable power, and this as El Niño gathers.
What makes it worse, he said, is that the people responsible are not ignorant of what is coming. They know El Niño is on the horizon, he said, and they know Nigeria is among the nations in its path. Yet the supply has not improved.
Utomi framed the situation as the natural consequence of leadership that has lost touch with ordinary suffering.
A government that cannot keep the lights on with a climate threat approaching, he argued, owes Nigerians a serious explanation.
And the ordinary citizen, he added, cannot keep being treated as an afterthought.
“They know what is coming; they know Nigeria is among the countries that could be affected, yet millions of citizens have gone weeks without a reliable electricity supply,” Utomi said.