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.
WHY PIO IS A BENCHMARK
Hon. Phillip Ikechukwu Onwuka
Honorable Phillip Ikechukwu Onwuka, PIO, was Born June 18, 1980, a business man and philanthropist is best tested with his commitment to the upscaling of the lives and social wellbeing of people in his immediate community and this apparently, he is demonstrating and doing well with the Capital Movement.
Capital Movement, an apolitical movement of like-minded people dedicated to social intervention, development and elevation of the living-quality of the lower class of the community and the society in general. The objectives of the Capital Movement have been rightly broken down to, firstly, Support for schools and students, Assistance to hospital and patients whose medical bills are unaffordable, Food distribution through Food Courts, Outreaches, and ultimately empowerment for the needy in the society and those who have been beneficiaries are basically traders and small scale businesses. The Capital Movement is challenged to champion in the near-future, the upscaling of SMEs and assisting in the initiation of new ones. This initiative, PIO, as a fore-runner believes will stimulate social inclusion and drive economic growth in his community. All the effort sustainably, gears towards ameliorating the economic hardship and improving human welfare of people, especially his immediate community. Capital Movement unarguably has touched lives in Oshodi-Isolo community.
Honorable Phillip Ikechukwu Onwuka, who some favorably refer to as PIO or Capital, has over time demonstrated and provider community leadership in the Oshodi-Isolo community that comprises of Isolo ward F1, Ilasamaja ward F2, Okota ward F3, Ishagtedo ward F4, Ejigbo ward F5 and Ajao Ward G, and invariably hands-down suggest that he would do much more if given the mandate of representation of Oshodi-Isolo Constituency II at the Federal House of Representative. In his unshaken words, he promised Community Engagement, Quality Representation, Accessibility, and Accountability when elected in the Federal House of Representatives in the 2027 upcoming election.
