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Don’t Underestimate Tinubu, He Will “Fight Dirty,” Sam Amadi Warns Political Actors

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 11:00:45 +0000

Former Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, Sam Amadi, has warned political actors and their supporters against underestimating President Bola Tinubu ahead of future political contests. Amadi, in a post on X on Wednesday, cautioned those urging young politicians to confront the president, saying they must understand the implications of entering a political [...]

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2027 Presidential Aspirations Unrealistic without INEC Reform – Sam Amadi

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 13:00:08 +0000

In a pointed critique, Sam Amadi, Director of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts, has questioned the seriousness of any political aspirants hoping to become Nigeria’s president in 2027 without addressing the perceived issues within the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Amadi’s comments came in the wake of the INEC’s announcement declaring Monday [...]

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Labour Party Constitutes Electoral Reform Committee Led by Sam Amadi

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Wed, 03 Jul 2024 12:00:36 +0000

The Labour Party (LP) has established an electoral reform committee, headed by analyst Sam Amadi, to conduct a comprehensive review of its electoral processes aimed at ensuring free and fair elections. In a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Umar Farouk Ibrahim, the party announced that the committee would be inaugurated on Thursday, July [...]

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Dr Sam Amadi Criticizes Labour Party Leadership, Calls it Awful

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 10:00:05 +0000

Dr. Sam Amadi, Director of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thought and former chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), has criticized the leadership of the Labour Party (LP), describing it as “awful.” Amadi made this statement in response to the suspension of the party’s national treasurer, Oluchi Opara. Opara was suspended [...]

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Off-season elections: INEC must avoid past errors – Sam Amadi

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 19:00:23 +0000

The Director of the Abuja School of Political Thoughts, Dr. Sam Amadi, has tasked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) with addressing the shortcomings and lack of due diligence seen during the 2023 general election in preparation for the upcoming off-cycle gubernatorial elections in the states of Imo, Bayelsa, and Kogi. This was discussed over [...]

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Remove politicians with fake certificates – Amadi urges tribunals

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 07:04:57 +0000

The Director of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts, Sam Amadi, has urged the election petition tribunals to declare unelected candidates with fake certificates. Amadi claimed that the nation is dying under the weight of fake certificates being paraded by politicians, including professors, lawyers and doctors. He argued that it is in the [...]

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Atiku, Peter Obi: Court must sack Tinubu if he didn’t win election – Sam Amadi

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Fri, 23 Jun 2023 13:18:17 +0000

The Director of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts, Sam Amadi, on Friday, gave conditions President Bola Tinubu should be kicked out. Amadi said Tinubu should be kicked out if he didn’t win the last presidential election fairly. He made the call while faulting those arguing that presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic [...]

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May 29: Why Tinubu’s inauguration could be stopped – Sam Amadi

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Thu, 04 May 2023 13:12:21 +0000

The Director of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts, Sam Amadi has clarified his earlier statement in which he claimed that the “President-elect is not an official position.” Amadi claimed that the President-elect, Bola Tinubu’s inauguration could be stopped before May 29, insisting that he has a serious case in tribunal that could [...]

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2023 Presidency: Tinubu’s Profile Questionable In Many Ways – Sam Amadi

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Mon, 02 May 2022 11:00:38 +0000

Social commentator, Sam Amadi has explained why he doesn’t support the 2023 presidential bid of former Lagos Governor Bola Tinubu. Amadi is a former Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). In a Facebook post, the Harvard alumni admitted that Tinubu “is a great man” who has the right to run. Amadi also said [...]

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GEJ Did Not Reverse Electricity Tariff Two Years Ago – Sam Amadi

David Folami — Sat, 15 Jul 2017 19:09:05 +0000

The former chairman of the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Sam Amadi has said that former President Goodluck Jonathan did not reverse electricity tariff in 2015. The former NERC boss said the agency announced an increase in tariff, but later suspended the decision. Amadi said this following a comment by the minister of Power, Works [...]

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NERC Increases Electricity Tariff, Discontinue Fixed Charges

Wale Adebayo — Tue, 22 Dec 2015 09:02:22 +0000

The National Electricity Regulation Commission (NERC) yesterday unveiled a new increment of average of N9.00 electricity tariff for all classes of electricity consumers, which will become effective from the next billing period. The regulatory body also announced the abolition of the contentious fixed charges for all electricity consumers. In the new tariff regime, residential customer classification (R2) [...]

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Electricity Consumers’ Protection Forum Protests Electricity Tariff Hike

Wale Adebayo — Thu, 12 Nov 2015 21:28:37 +0000

The Electricity Consumer Protection Forum (ECPF) today staged a protest against an increase in electricity tariff. Last month, Sam Amadi, chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, said some bills will increase by 5 percent while others will rise by as much as 40 percent, depending on the power provider and class of customer. The [...]

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