Adelabu resigns as minister of power
Adebayo Adelabu, Minister of power
The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, on Wednesday, 22nd of April, resigned his position to pursue a governorship bid in Oyo State.
Adelabu’s exit makes it is the third minister to President Bola Tinubu’s Federal Executive Council within the last 48 hours.
However, the Presidency has pushed back against reports that the former Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, and former Minister of Housing, Ahmed Dangiwa, were sacked.
Adelabu’s resignation letter, dated April 22, 2026, and addressed to President Bola Tinubu through the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, stated that his exit would take effect on April 30, 2026, to allow for a smooth and orderly handover of responsibilities.
He wrote, “It has been a rare honour to contribute to national development under your leadership and to play a role in advancing reforms in the power sector, one of the most critical foundations of Nigeria’s industrial growth and economic transformation.”
A chartered accountant and former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Adelabu said his Oyo State governorship ambition predated his ministerial appointment, tracing it back to 2016 during his time at the CBN, an aspiration that first led him to voluntarily resign from the apex bank in 2018.
He acknowledged, however, that the sector continued to face “important challenges, particularly in the area of gas supply constraints, infrastructure vandalism, and the need for full commercialisation across the value chain.”
In a series of exit recommendations which also include the recommendation of the appointment of a coordinating minister for energy to provide strategic oversight across power, gas, water resources and the environment, a structural proposal that signals his view that the sector’s persistent problems require cross-ministerial coordination as resolve.
Why I declined invitation to opposition summit — Sowore
The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, and Activist, Omoyele Sowore, has explained why he declined an invitation to attend an opposition summit held in Ibadan, Oyo State, saying Nigerians deserve a credible alternative rather than what he described as a recycling of failed political actors.
In a post on X on Sunday, Sowore dismissed the gathering as lacking substance, arguing that many of those involved had previously contributed to Nigeria’s challenges.
“I was invited to attend the so-called ‘Opposition Summit’ in Ibadan, but I declined,” he wrote.
“There is no need to pretend that the same men (and a few women) who held Nigeria to ransom for years, presiding over stagnation, corruption, and systemic decay, can suddenly reinvent themselves as champions of progress or defenders of the people. Not all Nigerians are suffering from amnesia.”
He stated that his party, the African Action Congress, would not associate with what he termed a deceptive political arrangement.
“For the avoidance of doubt, our revolutionary party, the African Action Congress, will not be part of any charade designed to recycle failed political actors under the guise of ‘opposition,’” he said.
Sowore maintained that his focus remains on building what he described as a people-driven movement rooted in accountability and integrity.