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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Nigeria\u2019s Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, is on his way out of President Bola Tinubu\u2019s government without achieving the 6000-megawatt electricity supply target.<\/p>\n

The President had ordered all his ministers, aides, and political appointees seeking elective positions in the 2027 general election to tender their resignation by March 31, 2026.<\/p>\n

The move was in line with the country\u2019s recently signed Electoral Act.<\/p>\n

One of the appointees affected is Adelabu, who has publicly declared his intention to vie for the governorship position in Oyo State.<\/p>\n

This means that Adelabu, with Tinubu\u2019s latest order, has less than two weeks to resign from the government.<\/p>\n

Adelabu\u2019s spokesperson, Bolaji Tunji, to get his reaction on the matter. But he had yet to return calls or text messages as of the time of filing this report.<\/p>\n

However, a reliable source within the Ministry of Power confirmed that the minister would resign before Tinubu\u2019s deadline.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe (Adelabu) is ready to bow out; I can authoritatively tell you this. His immediate goal is the Oyo Governorship 2027,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n

According to the source, several persons are already jostling for Adelabu\u2019s position. However, he warned that whoever Tinubu picks would have a lot to do because the country\u2019s power sector is in deep crisis.<\/p>\n

Adelabu would exit Tinubu\u2019s presidency without achieving his self-imposed 6,000 megawatts of electricity supply target.<\/p>\n

Electricity supply from the national grid allocated to Discos as of Tuesday stood at 3,331 MW.<\/p>\n

DAILY POST reports that in recent months, Nigerians have continued to face blackouts and an erratic power supply nationwide.<\/p>\n

The Nigerian Integrated System Operator and electricity distribution companies had blamed gas shortages, leaving them to struggle with between 2,000 megawatts and 3,900 MW.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Nigeria\u2019s power generation companies shut down several gas plants over lingering power sector legacy debt amounting to over N6.8 trillion.<\/p>\n

Adelabu had targeted a 6000 MW electricity supply for Nigeria. He had already missed the 2025 target.<\/p>\n

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