Outrage Erupts as National Assembly Suffers Blackout

Senators were left in the dark on Tuesday as a blackout enveloped the National Assembly complex just before their scheduled session. A circulated video depicted the red chamber partially illuminated, sparking reactions across social media platforms. Despite the disruption, Senate President Godswill Akpabio initiated the plenary once power was restored, apologizing for the inconvenience and acknowledging ongoing efforts to resolve the outage affecting several offices within the complex.

Amidst the outage, online commentary reflected public frustration, with users expressing sentiments ranging from calls for senators to empathize with the citizenry’s challenges to demands for accountability from utility providers. #sweetheartadecx remarked, “Breakfast na National cake. They should also feel what Nigerians are passing through,” while #KinginglyGeorge emphasized, “#aedcelectricity if they haven’t paid their bills do not restore anything… they should go home.”