“Where Is the Siemens Deal?”: Renewed Debate Over Nigeria’s Power Crisis as 2027 Politics Loom

Questions over Nigeria’s long-promised electricity reforms have resurfaced in 2026, as citizens and political commentators revisit past campaign promises, foreign partnerships, and the persistent challenges in the country’s power sector.

Back in 2022/23, during the campaign run up to the 2023 elections, Peter Obi traveled to Egypt to study how they solved their power crisis, a fix so successful they now run a surplus. He wanted to see if that model could work for Nigeria.

At the time, the move sparked widespread political reactions. Critics from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) dismissed the trip, arguing that government efforts were already underway and pointing to existing international partnerships in the power sector.

What did he get for it? Attacks.

APC supporters mocked him, insisting the Buhari led APC government had already signed a deal with the same Siemens that handled Egypt’s turnaround. Photos of transformers circulated. “It’s done,” they said. “Obi is late.”

However, four years later, with another election cycle approaching in 2026 and the APC still in power, renewed scrutiny is being placed on the status of that agreement and its promised outcomes.

For context, the deal was signed in 2018 to add 25,000MW to our electricity generation. It’s been 8yrs since that deal was signed.

Despite repeated assurances over the years, Nigerians continue to grapple with unstable electricity supply, frequent grid collapses, and heavy reliance on generators across homes and businesses.

This has triggered fresh public questioning about the status of the Presidential Power Initiative with Siemens, which was widely promoted as a transformative step toward stabilizing Nigeria’s electricity sector.

So, where is the Siemens deal?

Where is the electricity?

Where are the transformers we were shown back then? Where is the megawatt increase Nigerians were promised under the Presidential Power Initiative with Siemens?

If the deal was real and executed, why are we still battling the same grid collapses and poor supply? If it failed, why the silence?

We can’t pretend this is not a question worth asking. Before we start debating 2027, Nigerians deserve an account of the last promises made.

To the APC supporters and defenders who told us the Siemens deal was already “settled” in 2022: where is it?

Power is not propaganda. It’s either in your sockets or it is not. And right now, the only thing Nigerians can see clearly is darkness.

Where is the Siemens deal?

Where is the electricity?