Abuja Electricity Distribution Company has flagged off over one hundred and one thousand meters between now and December 2021, at a cost of six billion naira without charging customers.
This was made known in Abuja by the distribution company’s Managing Director, Ernest Mupwaya at the flag-off ceremony.
Mr Mupwaya said that with the project, the Federal Government has activated its forty percent shares in the company.
He added that this new scheme will see the federal government sourcing sufficient funding to support Discos through a low-interest shareholder loan that will make it possible for them to receive sufficient meters to close the existing gap.
Mr Mupwaya said that one of the challenges to effective access to electricity in Nigeria is the absence of an overarching metering system that ensures customers pay fair prices for electricity they consume.
According to him the scheme had to be introduced due to the slow pace of customer metering by the DISCOs, as well as the high volume of complaints received from customers over dissatisfaction with the estimated billing practices in the system.
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