Vice President Kashim Shettima presiding over the second meeting of the National Council on Privatisation for 2026 at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Photo credit:Stanley Nkwocha
The Federal Government has said roughly 60 per cent of active electricity customers in Nigeria have now been metered as it continues efforts to reduce the country’s electricity metering gap and end arbitrary estimated billing.
The disclosure was contained in a statement issued on Thursday by Stanley Nkwocha, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications, Office of the Vice President, following the second meeting of the National Council on Privatisation for 2026, chaired by Vice President Kashim Shettima at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
According to the statement, the metering exercise is being carried out under Phase 1 of the $500m World Bank-financed Distribution Sector Recovery Programme, alongside initiatives such as the Presidential Metering Initiative.
The Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises, Ayodeji Ariyo Gbeleyi, said 668,000 meters had so far been installed out of the 1,033,000 meters delivered under the programme.
