Tegbe made the statement on Wednesday, September 16, 2026, while commissioning a 3-megawatt solar hybrid power project at Yakubu Gowon University, Abuja, formerly known as the University of Abuja.
According to the minister, some communities that previously went for months without electricity are now receiving as much as 18 hours of power supply daily.
“Places that didn’t have light at all for three months are now having 18 hours light. Some areas called me to say, look, I should slow down, that everything in their freezer is freezing.”
He then added:
“That is what freezer is meant to do. Let it freeze the food that needs to be frozen.”
Tegbe had earlier told senators during his screening that Nigerians would begin to notice improvements in electricity supply within three to six months.
He now says the government is beginning to see results from its interventions, although he admitted that Nigeria’s power sector still faces major structural problems.
According to Tegbe, some electricity infrastructure in the country is more than 40 years old, and the government is gradually replacing and modernising such facilities.
The minister has also identified vandalism and electricity theft as major obstacles to improving supply.
Just a day before his latest remarks, Tegbe sought the intervention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over vandalism and energy theft, saying the problems were costing the power sector billions of naira annually.
He also disclosed that three transmission towers in Birnin Kebbi had recently been brought down by vandals, with parts reportedly removed and sold as scrap.
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