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FG charges DisCos to resume free metre distribution

By James KaseJune 20, 2022No Comments3 Mins Read
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FG charges DisCos to resume free metre distribution: The Federal Government of Nigeria has charged  electricity distribution companies to resume the Metre Assets Providers programme, recently slowed down by the National Mass Metering Programme.


Although the DisCos’ MAP has been in existence for some years, the NMMP programme under the office of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo was introduced in 2020 to bridge the wide metering gap in the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry, NESI.

While the MAP had barely reached 400, 000 homes in 2020, FG’s NMMP intervention in Phase 0 succeeded in reaching over 800,000 homes.

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Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, Garuba Sanusi, said last week that Phase 1 of the Federal Government’s NMMP was billed to begin in August, and as a result, DisCos had been ordered to resume and speed up on the MAP.

“By the end of August, metres from local manufacturers will be deployed by the DisCos. As a result, DisCos have been ordered to re-open the MAP, and customers are advised to take advantage of the window to purchase theirs if they cannot wait for the free metres,” he said.

He disclosed that 45 local metre manufacturers were currently jostling to be signed under FG’s metre providers’ programme.

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Sanusi added that bids had already been submitted by the 45 manufacturers and the selection process had begun.


“Names of winners of the bid rounds will be announced as soon as the process is completed,” he said.

Phase 1 of the NMMP targets four million households.

Metering Expert and Accountant, Sesan Okunade, told The PUNCH that NERC should not have stopped the MAP from running in the first place.

“Firstly, I don’t know the reason why NERC stopped the MAP programme that was moving fine. If the programme was not stopped, we would have moved far with the metering gap because customers are ready to pay for the meters. Also, it would have put the DisCos on their toes and reduced the estimated billing being given to customers.

Nonetheless, he said NERC’s order to resume the programme was a welcome development.

“It is still a welcome idea which will allow customers to pay for what is being actually consumed,” he said.

National President, Electricity Consumers Association of Nigeria, Barr Chijioke James, told The PUNCH that the DisCos needed to take their responsibilities more seriously.

“Customers have been paying for their meters even when it is Discos’ responsibility to meter every consumer. Even when most consumers pay, it takes some time to be allocated with metres. This is despite the presidential directive on mass production of meters and distribution nationwide to consumers. We believe Discos need to wake up to their responsibility in the power sector,” he said.

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