Gov't official tried to stop me from building $2bn power plant, says Davido's father

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Gov't official tried to stop me from building $2bn power plant, says Davido's father
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Adedeji Adeleke, a Nigerian businessman, says he is building a $2 billion power plant.

October 16, 2024 2:42 pmAdeleke, the father of David Adeleke, a popular Afrobeats singer known as Davido, spoke at the Seventh Day Adventist General Conference Annual Council on Tuesday.

Adeleke said he faced challenges while building the power plant, one of which was a government official, who vowed to ensure the project was not completed.“But during the course of the design and getting all the permits we ran into some difficult government officials. For environmental reasons, our permit was denied,” he said.

“Meanwhile 1,250MW power plant price tag is about $2 billion, so it’s not small money and a lot of money has already gone into design and preliminaries.”Bank of China also supported his company.

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