President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday reiterated the Federal Government’s commitment to ensuring the immediate metering of one million electricity consumers free of charge as part of efforts to eventually eradicate estimated electricity billing in the country.
He made this known in Twitter posts, where he revealed that the deployment of free pre-paid meters has already started in Abuja, Kano, Kaduna and Lagos.
The government will support the project through funding to to the electricity distribution companies (DISCOs), with the intent it finally bridge the six million deficit of meters nationwide.
According to Buhari: “Under the first phase of the Presidential Mass Metering Initiative, we are making funding immediately available for DisCos to roll out 1,000,000 meters in the first phase, at no cost to consumers.
“Deployment has already started in parts of Kano, Kaduna, Lagos and Abuja.
“Future phases of this Metering Initiative will help us fully meet the 6.5 million deficit of meters nationwide, and will impact an estimated 30 million consumers.
“All meters under this program will be sourced from local manufacturers and in-country stock, to create jobs.
“We are committed to ending estimated billing in all forms in Nigeria, and ensuring that Nigerians pay only for the electricity they consume.”
