The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has revealed the Federal Government’s plan to deliver 2.5 million prepaid meters and distribution transformer meters as part of an effort to bridge the identified metering gap in the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI). The commissioner for corporate services (CPS) at the commission, Nathan Shatti, revealed this during a paper presentation titled “Metering Challenges in Nigeria and Government Interventions” at a seminar for organised for judicial officers held in Abuja. The paper discussed the continuous efforts to address the national metering gap as well as the promotion of transparent billing and the elimination of estimated billing for consumers. According to the CPS, the Federal Government, under the Presidential Metering Initiative (PMI), has released the sum of N700 billion to deliver 2.5 million prepaid meters and distribution transformer meters. He also mentioned the World Bank–financed Distribution Sector Recovery Programme (DISREP) under which 3.2 million meters are planned for deployment, out of which 117,861 have already been installed from the 645,000 meters delivered to the distribution companies DisCos so far.

Source: Nigerian Tribune February 12, 2026 13:22 UTC