- Safiu Kehinde
Nigerian business mogul, Adedeji Adeleke, has revealed how a government official frustrated his power plant project, telling him it will never see the light of the day.
Adeleke made this revelation while speaking at the Seventh -Day Adventist Annual Council General Conference in Maryland, United States.
As seen in the video of his address shared on Instagram , the business man and father to Nigerian musician, David Adeleke (Davido) disclosed his investment in the energy sector where he owns power plants which generated about 15 percent of Nigeria’s energy sector.
While recounting his ordeal in the cause of building a new 1250 megawatts power plant project, he recalled how his permit was initially denied in an alleged attempt to frustrate the project.
“I’m a business man in Nigeria. I’m in the electricity business and own power plants. I generate presently about 15 percent of the electricity need for Nigeria.
“I have Chinese engineering company that works for me. I’m building, almost completed by January by the grace of God, my new power plant that will be the biggest thermal plant in Nigeria.
“The 1250 megawatts power plant will become operational in January.
“But during the course of the design and getting all the permits, we ran into difficult government officials.
“For environmental reasons, our permit was denied. The particular government official I held a meeting with told me to my face that this your project will never see the light of the day.
“While he was saying that, I was saying in my mind that this guy is talking as if he is God. But he is not God.” Adedeji narrated.
Meanwhile, his revelation came amid recent power grid collapse which left the nation in blackout on Tuesday.