In a fiery video posted on her Instagram on Friday, November 06, the veteran actress Kate Henshaw directly tackled the Minister of Power, Joseph Olasunkanmi Tegbe, over Nigeria’s persistent blackouts. “Come on, Mr Minister of Power. No light. There’s no light. There’s hardly been any electricity. You people bring it for maybe five minutes, and then it’s gone.”
She was reacting to a statement credited to Tegbe back in September at a solar project commissioning in Abuja, where he reportedly joked that some Nigerians told him to “slow down” power supply because their freezers were freezing too much.
“You were credited with a statement that in September, some people were telling you that you should turn off the power because the things in their freezers were freezing. What’s a freezer for? For cooling and thawing? It’s like the lies you people tell. “I need the names and numbers of these people that called you and said you should turn off the lights, or you should slow down or whatever it is you imagine they told you. There’s hardly electricity in 2026.”
She went further to questioned how billions and trillions have gone into the power sector with nothing to show, blasted DISCOs for still sending bills despite no supply. She also said the previous minister increased tariffs without fixing anything, and the current one may not have increased tariffs but “there’s no light, so you’re lying. I’m sorry.” She also lamented that every Nigerian home has now become a mini power station – generator + inverter + solar just to survive. She said she had deliberately avoided commenting on national issues all year because of the emotional toll, but she couldn’t hold it anymore “God will judge all of you. God will judge you people.”
She ended saying Nigerians deserve special treatment in heaven after enduring all this.
The Actress is not alone – as Singer Spyro and Comedian Cute Abiola also called out the power situation the same day. Spyro shared his shocking experience at an EKEDC office when he went to complain.
No response yet from Minister Tegbe.
