Joseph Olasunkanmi Tegbe

It was an honour to represent President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, as Special Guest of Honour at the 3rd Lam Adesina Annual Lecture Series (LAALS 2026), held yesterday at the Hall of Grace, Jogor Centre, Ibadan.

The late Alhaji Lam Adesina, former Executive Governor of Oyo State, was a patriot and a founding member of the progressive movement. His example of principled, people-centred leadership still speaks to the Nigeria we are building.

I thank the organizers and the Adesina family for the invitation, and I commend the leaders, scholars and stakeholders who gathered to reflect on how to strengthen our democracy and advance national development.

I am on TVC to address the recent outages and speak on other developments in the sector.

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We committed to transparent communication and tangible progress, and we intend to keep that promise. We will continue to share updates every step of the way until the last container is delivered to site.

For nearly 20 years, over 300 containers of transmission equipment sat stranded at our ports. This equipment was bought to expand the network, relieve overloaded substations and bring more reliable electricity to Nigerians.

Yesterday, the Nigeria Customs Service approved the release of the first 98. Our engineers will now verify the equipment, test it and deploy it where it is needed most. That means completing stalled projects, easing pressure on overloaded substations and strengthening the grid.

This is a significant first step, and we are working to secure the release of the remaining 200+ containers without further delay.

We are grateful to His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, for approving the release. We also thank the Comptroller-General and officers of the Nigeria Customs Service, the Honourable Minister of Finance, the Honourable Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, the Nigerian Ports Authority, the terminal operators and the TCN team for their support.

A stronger grid, one step at a time. 🇳🇬

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