Billionaire businessman, Adedeji Adeleke, has taken credit for generating about 15 per cent of Nigeria’s electricity.
Adeleke, who is the father of multiple award-winning singer, Davido, is the chairman of Pacific Energy.
He made the disclosure during the Seventh-Day Adventist Church’s General Conference Annual Council 2024, held on yesterday, Tuesday, October 15.
The billionaire highlighted his investments in the nation’s power sector, saying his thermal power plant is expected to become fully operational by January 2025.
Adeleke noted that Chinese engineering firms are involved in the construction of the plant, which, upon completion, will be the largest thermal power plant in Nigeria, with a capacity of 1,250 megawatts.
In one of the videos of the conference shared by Davido on his X account on Wednesday, Adeleke said partly, “I’m in the electricity business, I own power plants. I generate about 15 per cent of Nigeria’s electricity. I’ve Chinese engineering companies that work for me. I am building the biggest thermal power plant in Nigeria to be launched in January 2025. It’s a 1250MW power plant.”
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