Nigerians on social media have criticized the 2023 presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) Omoyele Sowore, and Deji Adeyanju, the Human rights lawyer and activist, following the recent federal government’ plan to visit Egypt to learn power generation and transmission.
Recall that in 2022, Sowore had taken to his X handle to tackle the presidential candidate of the Labour party in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi over his 3-day visit to Egypt to understudy the country’s “power sector, education, planning and finance sectors”
Sowore stated that election is in 9 months yet Obi who was the Labour Party Presidential candidate wants to go “learn something from Egypt in 3 days?”
He further said that this is his problem with “unprepared candidates.”
He wrote: “Heard @PeterObu traveled to Egypt to learn how to fix Education /power problems, this is exactly the problems with unprepared candidates. Its is 9 months to election and a two term gov. and former VP candidate want to go learn something from egypt in 3 days? Wow! wecnat continue like this.”
Adeyanju, on the other hand, joined in, to call out the former Anambra governor over his trip to Egypt
Adeyanju said, “Tinubu is in Ekiti working hard for his party, Atiku is in Abuja; Obi on his way to Egypt to study Egypt. Later, people will come to shout rigging. Peter Obi should be going to Ekiti, not Egypt. Election is happening on Saturday in Ekiti, Obi says he’s going to Egypt to understudy their system. The Labour Party has a Guber candidate in Ekiti. This was how Moghalu was all over social media but someone called Dumebi defeated him,” he added.
However, the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, in a recent meeting in Abuja with the Egyptian Ambassador to Nigeria, Mohammed Fouad, said the government will learn power generation and transmission from Egypt which it described as a role model in the sector.
The minister in a statement through his spokesperson, Bolaji Tunji, reaffirmed its commitment to rural development through improved electricity access, where he noted its interest in strengthening bilateral cooperation in energy expansion, with a focus on renewable energy and rural electrification.
Adelabu who commended Egypt’s achievements in the energy sector, expressed Nigeria’s interest in learning from Egypt’s experience in energy generation, transmission, and distribution, adding that the success in Egypt led to the engagements with Siemens with a view towards stabilising Nigeria’s power sector.
“Egypt has made remarkable strides in energy transformation, and we are eager to collaborate and learn from your expertise. Our goal is to ensure reliable, stable, and affordable energy access for all Nigerians,” he added.
The development, led X users to call out Sowore, Adeyanju for attacking Peter Obi for the very thing the President Bola Tinubu-led administration is trying to embark on.
Ragnarok wrote: “The same Egypt that Peter Obi went to and the entire APC’s propaganda machine went overdrive and called him all sorts of names. Even the Ronu rascals insulted him to high heavens. Is that the same Egypt you want to go? Ah, ah, now ,make una get small shame at least after criticising Peter Obi for what you are about to do.”
Aku wrote: “Someone should wake up Sowore and those APC nonentities.”
J Omojola wrote: “For all the Ronu, know this and know peace. Peter Obi and not Tinubu was what Nigeria needed. So after 3 years Obi visited Egypt, Tinubu admistration is just coming to the realisation that they are the one we should learn from.”
Adéwálé_Roboco wrote: “PO was ridiculed because he went to Egypt to study there power sector to have a first hand knowledge as a president, but see this mdf now. God’s judgement will come suddenly upon all of you that secretly or openly supported Tinubu.”