NERC promises 4 million meters to electricity consumers
The Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), says it will soon provide four million prepaid meters to electricity consumers in the country.
Aisha Mahmud, NERC Commissioner in charge of Consumers Affairs, disclosed this at the Customers’ Complaints Resolution Meeting Organised on Tuesday in Jos.
Mahmud, who described the shortage of meters in the country as one of the biggest problems currently facing the commission, hinted that the challenge would soon be a thing of the past.
She said that modalities had been put in place to provide the meters through the National Mass Metering Programme (NMP) of the Federal Government.
”Actually, metering is one of the biggest challenges that we have been facing in the last couple of years in the commission.
”I don’t think this is funny given that so much investments have been made in the power sector.
”It is said that in Nigeria, electricity generation