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My policy document has a solution to the blackout – Atiku to Nigerian government
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My policy document has a solution to the blackout – Atiku to Nigerian government

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) 2023 presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on Saturday said his policy document, “My Deal with Nigerians,” is the most proactive plan to resolve the ongoing power outage in the country. Nigeria.

Atiku condemned the power outage in the South-East, North-West and North-East of Nigeria.

He said the ministry and departments responsible for dealing with the blackout must intervene quickly to restore electricity to troubled geopolitical zones.

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Atiku wrote: “Particular reference is to the situations in the South East and the entire North West and North East states which have been in a complete blackout for the last three weeks.

“Every government department tasked with resolving the problem must quickly intervene and restore power to troubled geopolitical areas.

“In the meantime, I continue to believe that my solution, as summarized in my policy document, “My Deal with Nigerians,” remains the most proactive plan to lead our country out of eternal darkness.

The former vice president also called for the decentralization of electricity to the states.

“There is an urgent need to remove the entire electricity value chain from the exclusive list and grant states the power to produce, transmit and distribute electricity for themselves,” a- he added.

Meanwhile, the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, yesterday said efforts were underway to restore electricity to the North following a days-long power outage.

TCN said it was set to provide a “temporary power supply of 400 megawatts to the affected northern areas through the APIR UGWUAJI line.”

The temporary solution should be implemented in a few hours.