Atiku: National grid collapse shows Nigeria collapsing

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, says the collapse of the national grid has shown the “collapsing state” of the country.

Atiku said the power outage in the last couple of days, which was caused by the collapse of the national grid, was a metaphor for collapsing unity, security, economy, education, well-being, and value of human life and dignity.

The former Vice President said these via his social media pages on Monday.

Atiku added that Nigerians would “collapse the ruling APC in kind via the ballot and enthrone a viable pathway for the New Nigeria of our dreams”.

He wrote: “The darkness that has enveloped the nation in the last couple of days with the collapse of the national grid is a metaphor for the collapsing state of our nation: collapsing unity, collapsing security, collapsing economy, collapsing education, collapsing well-being and collapsing value of human life and dignity.

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“My expectation is that Nigerians will collapse the ruling APC in kind via the ballot and enthrone a viable pathway for the New Nigeria of our dreams that will be united and stable, prosperous and awash with opportunities; secured and inclusive. As One, we can get it done.”

Nigeria experienced a nationwide blackout on Sunday evening after the national electricity grid crashed to zero.

The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), via its Facebook page, had confirmed the collapse of the national grid, saying the development was responsible for the current power outage being experienced.

The disruption marked the 17th time the grid would collapse in 2022.

The Star