Nollywood actress and filmmaker Mary Njoku has criticised Nigeria’s worsening electricity situation, saying citizens have become so accustomed to poor power supply that they now celebrate receiving just 30 minutes of electricity.

In a social media post, Njoku questioned the country’s progress, lamenting that Nigerians were experiencing declining electricity supply despite rising costs.

Reflecting on her four decades in the country, the filmmaker said public expectations had shifted 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 also questioned whether Nigeria was genuinely making progress or merely becoming accustomed to enduring its challenges.

“Are we actually making progress as a nation, or have we simply become better at surviving our failures?” she asked.

Njoku further expressed concern that while technology and development continue to advance globally, Nigerians appear to be accepting increasingly poor electricity supply.

She noted that the situation had reached a point where citizens had moved from complaining about 30 minutes of darkness to celebrating 30 minutes of electricity.

Her comments add to growing public concerns over Nigeria’s electricity crisis, with frequent outages and unreliable supply continuing to affect households and businesses.

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