The federal government on Wednesday disclosed that it has metered roughly 60 per cent of active electricity customers in Nigeria, with an ongoing rollout under Phase 1 of the $500 million World Bank-financed Distribution Sector Recovery Programme (DISREP).
It disclosed that, under initiatives like the Presidential Metering Initiative (PMI) and effective coordination by the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), the goal is to close the electricity metering gap and eliminate arbitrary estimated billing for registered customers across Nigeria.
This was part of the brief on updates on the activities of the National Council on Privatisation (NCP) at its second meeting for the year 2026, chaired by the Vice President, Kashim Shettima, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Ayodeji Gbeleyi, described the meeting as very fruitful, noting that they provided the vice president with updates on some of the activities of the NCP.
“On various issues, we provided updates on meter deployment under Phase 1 of the World Bank-financed Distribution Sector Recovery Programme. We have implemented 60 percent of the meters that have been delivered in the country out of 1,033,000. So far, we have deployed and installed 668,000 meters on customers’ premises,” he said.
