"Stop Demarketing Nigeria Because You Lost Election" - Omokri Blasts Peter Obi

A former presidential spokesman Reno Omokri has lashed out at a former presidential candidate, Peter Obi to stop demarketing Nigeria because he lost an election.

Obi had hailed Tanzania for its exploit in electricity generation and berated Nigeria for failing to provide electricity for its teeming citizens.

Obi had on 26 April said he read a report in the media on how Tanzania recently shut down five hydroelectric stations to reduce excess electricity in the national grid.

“Their decision to shut down these power stations stemmed from the fact that their electricity production was already enough to power their major cities and give electricity access to the rural dwellers.

“In pain, I wondered how our nation, the giant of Africa, could not be able to power even one of the major cities, for example, the capital Abuja, while Tanzania has succeeded in powering all their major cities,” Obi mocked.

But Omokri in a tweet on X on Monday said according to the just released data from the National Bureau of Statistics, electricity supply in Nigeria has increased by 12.3% in the last quarter.

“This is higher than the increase in supply in Tanzania within the same period. In fact, electricity supply actually reduced in Tanzania in the fourth quarter of 2023, due to the drought that affected Tanzania last year (Tanzania depends on hydroelectricity) and led to severe rationing of power.

“Not only did the electricity supply in Nigeria increase, but also the total number of households that access electricity in Nigeria increased to 12.12 million, up from 11.71 million. An increase of 3.5%,” he said.

Omokri added: “Yet, Peter Obi was de-marketing Nigeria and praising Tanzania, all because of a sensational headline. Is this the type of leader Nigeria needs? One who can be triggered to attack his country because of a story he did not fact-check?

“The 700 megawatts Zungeru Dam is ready. By the time it goes fully on stream, electricity in Nigeria will improve further. Love your country enough not to de-market her because you lost an election.”

Posted: at 29-04-2024 09:37 PM (3 weeks ago) | Addicted Hero

This he goat Omokri sure has Peter Obi living rent free in his head. He said; LOVE YOUR COUNTRY.  So, we most love our country even if the bunch criminals in power are just there to bring shame and failure to the nation, we most not call their attention to their failure , even it means using a sister country's positive performance as an example to show that where there a will and willingness to do the right things, nothing, yes, absolutely nothing is impossible.  FOOLISH OMOKRI.

Posted: at 29-04-2024 10:59 PM (3 weeks ago) | Newbie

Sadly enough, just like Nigeria, the biggest problem of the Nigerian power sector is corruption. 70-80% of the monies meant for work are fraudulently embezzled. In this sector, work of 5-10m will be awarded as a contract for 200m, yes that's right and I'm not even exaggerating. The contractor and those in the sector will then do the sharing. Do you know how much was "spent" in this same power sector during Obasanjo?? I'm talking of billions of dollars and there's nothing to show for it! Yes you are right they ate the money and that's what's still going on now.

Posted: at 29-04-2024 11:38 PM (3 weeks ago) | Hero

To compared Nigeria with Tanzania is an insult to Nigeria, what is the population  of  Tanzania? is all Tanzania bigger than Lagos state?   Ca you compare the feeding of a family  who have just a Child, with the  family  who have 12 Children on thesame salary?

Posted: at 30-04-2024 04:26 AM (3 weeks ago) | Newbie

Go back to your google search engine and see the land  area of Tanzania  Nigeria. You buffoon fool,

Posted: at 30-04-2024 07:48 AM (3 weeks ago) | Gistmaniac

The land area of Nigeria is 923,770 km and Tanzania is 947,300 km

Population
Details for Nigeria and Tanzania

    Nigeria   Tanzania
Population:   218,541,000   65,498,000
Inhabitants/km²:   236.6   69.1
Life expectancy males:   Ø 52 years   Ø 64 years
Life expectancy females:   Ø 53 years   Ø 68 years
Average age:   Ø 19.2 years   Ø 18.9 years
Birth rate:   37.12 ‰   36.21 ‰
Death rate:   13.08 ‰   6.22 ‰
Migrationrate:   -0.35 ‰   -0.07 ‰

You do the math- courtesy Google search

Posted: at 30-04-2024 08:38 AM (3 weeks ago) | Gistmaniac