A post by Nigeria’s national grid monitoring account on X Monday has ignited a lot of discussion online, with users having mixed reactions.
The post, which had over 110 million views at the time of this report, received both praise and criticism for its message.
The account posted, “Word for the week: GO GET YOUR PVC.
The comment soon ignited discussions among social media users, most of whom interpreted the remark as a call for greater civic participation ahead of the 2027 general elections.
In response to the post, an X user identified as Marvelous wrote, “Even National Grid is fed up with the administration.
Another, Chinedum Mbah, urged citizens to be actively involved in the electoral process, saying, “Get your PVC. Know your ward. Vote . “Defend your votes with all you’ve got.”
But Felix Ndubusi disagreed, saying just registering voters was not enough to influence the outcome of future elections.
“Tinubu and PVC doesn’t interest anyone. Have you ever seen him telling his supporters to go and collect their PVCs? “You need a lot more than votes to beat him.”
Another user, Bimo, wondered what was the point of voting. “To do what?” he wrote. Nigerians should not do anything, nobody should come out and vote yes, collect the money they give you but don’t vote anybody, you will see that they will still put Tinubu in. “Till then you will understand the meaning of this life na turn by turn.”
The National Grid X handle, it was reported, is privately run and not connected to the government agencies that manage Nigeria’s electricity network, including the National Independent System Operator and the Transmission Company of Nigeria.
The debate is coming on the heels of concerns about the country’s electricity supply. With a population exceeding 250 million, the country still generates and distributes between 3,000 to 4,500 megawatts of electricity.
Ahead of the 2023 general election, Bola Ahmed Tinubu pledged to address Nigeria’s perennial power supply problems. But three years into his administration, the power shortages persist.
Last month, President Tinubu won the All Progressives Congress presidential primary to seek re-election in 2027.
Meanwhile, Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, recently promised to raise Nigeria’s electricity generation and distribution capacity by 10,000 megawatts within four years if elected president in the 2027 general elections.
