Nollywood actress and filmmaker, Mary Njoku, has condemned Nigeria’s electricity situation, saying the country has regressed to a point where citizens celebrate just 30 minutes of power supply.
Njoku, in a social media post, questioned how a country could move backwards on such a basic necessity while electricity costs continue to rise.
Reflecting on her four decades in Nigeria, the actress said public expectations had changed from complaining about power outages to celebrating whenever electricity was restored.
“In my four decades in Nigeria, I’ve gone from complaining when the lights went off to celebrating when they come on!” she wrote.
She further questioned whether the country was making progress or simply becoming accustomed to its failures.
“Are we actually making progress as a nation, or have we simply become better at surviving our failures?” she asked.
Njoku also lamented that while technology had advanced globally, Nigerians had moved from complaining about 30 minutes of darkness to accepting just 30 minutes of electricity.
