The Special Adviser on Communication and Strategy to the Minister of Power, Bolaji Tunji, has said that the first phase of the Siemens power project will add 7,000 megawatts to the national grid through extensive grid strengthening and infrastructure expansion. The Siemens deal, originally conceived under Buhari, was designed as a government-to-government framework between Nigeria and Germany to overhaul Nigeria’s transmission and distribution infrastructure, improve grid stability, and gradually increase available power capacity. “Everybody is aware of that,” he said when asked about claims that the Siemens deal went dormant under Buhari. So, that’s where we are; we are on Phase One of the Siemens deal now,” he said. On December 1, 2023, the governments of Nigeria and Germany signed the Presidential Power Initiative agreement to inject 12,000 megawatts of electricity into the national grid.

Source: Punch February 13, 2026 13:45 UTC