Kate Henshaw Blasts Power Minister Over Poor Electricity, Demands Accountability

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Nollywood actress Kate Henshaw has criticised Nigeria’s Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, over the country’s ongoing electricity shortages, questioning government claims of progress and demanding proof of statements she described as misleading.

In a video posted on her Instagram page around November 5–6, 2026, Henshaw expressed frustration that power supply remains unreliable. She said electricity often appears for only a few minutes before cutting out again.

“Mr Minister of Power, there’s no light. There’s hardly been light. You people will bring it, and then give minutes; it’s gone,” she said.

Kate specifically challenged a remark attributed to Tegbe from September 2026, in which the minister reportedly said some consumers had asked for power supply to be reduced or slowed because continuous electricity was freezing items in their freezers.

“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?” she asked. “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 light or you should slow down…There’s hardly electricity in 2026.”

She further questioned the impact of large investments in the power sector and declared, “God will judge all of you.” In the accompanying caption, she added: “to hell with all of you.”

The comments come amid widespread complaints about reduced electricity supply affecting Lagos, Abuja, Ogun, Kwara and other areas. Households and businesses have reported heavy reliance on generators, inverters and solar systems due to the outages.

Minister Joseph Tegbe attributed the disruptions primarily to planned maintenance at the Egbin Power Station (Nigeria’s largest thermal plant), constraints in gas supply to some thermal stations, and damage or sabotage affecting certain transmission lines that limited alternative supply routes, particularly to Lagos.

The episode underscores the long-standing challenges in Nigeria’s electricity sector, including generation, gas supply, and transmission and distribution bottlenecks.