Manufacturers Drop Suit Against FG, Clear Path for Deployment of 1.55m Meters

Manufacturers Drop Suit Against FG, Clear Path for Deployment of 1.55m Meters

Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja

The Association of Meter Manufacturers of Nigeria (AMMON) has withdrawn its lawsuit against the federal government, clearing the way for the deployment of 1.55 million smart meters under various government-backed intervention programmes aimed at closing the country’s metering gap.

The withdrawal, effected through a ‘Notice of Discontinuance’ filed at the Federal High Court in Kano, followed the intervention of the Minister of Power, Joseph Tegbe, who convened a high-level meeting involving AMMON and key government agencies to resolve the dispute, a statement from the minister’s office said.

The legal action resulted in an injunction secured by AMMON in April 2026, halting bidding processes for major metering initiatives, including the Distribution Sector Recovery Programme (DISREP), Meter Acquisition Fund Phase 3 (MAF 3) and the Presidential Metering Initiative (PMI).