The Federal Government has disclosed that 668,000 electricity meters have been deployed and installed across Nigeria under Phase One of the World Bank-financed Distribution Sector Recovery Programme (DISREP). The government said the figure represents about 60 per cent of the 1,033,000 meters delivered under the programme, as it intensifies efforts……
The Federal Government has disclosed that 668,000 electricity meters have been deployed and installed across Nigeria under Phase One of the World Bank-financed Distribution Sector Recovery Programme (DISREP).
The government said the figure represents about 60 per cent of the 1,033,000 meters delivered under the programme, as it intensifies efforts to tackle estimated billing and close the country’s electricity metering gap.
The disclosure was made on Wednesday following a briefing on the activities of the National Council on Privatisation (NCP) at its second meeting for 2026, chaired by Vice President Kashim Shettima at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
This was made known via a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to The President on Media & Communications (Office of The Vice President), Stanley Nkwocha, on Thursday, August 27.
The Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises, BPE, Ayodeji Ariyo Gbeleyi, disclosed the figures while briefing journalists after the meeting.
“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,” Gbeleyi said.
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The Federal Government said the metering drive is being supported by initiatives including the Presidential Metering Initiative and coordination by the BPE, with the aim of eliminating arbitrary estimated billing for registered electricity customers.
Gbeleyi also provided an update on the implementation of the Electricity Act, particularly the transition from the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, to State Electricity Regulatory Commissions.
He said about 17 states had established their own electricity regulatory commissions since April 2024, following the implementation of the Act.
With Akwa Ibom State becoming the latest to establish its electricity regulatory commission in July, Gbeleyi said further adjustments were needed to ensure effective implementation of the legislation.
“Some fine-tuning is required here and there in the implementation of that Act,” he said.
He added that the NCP had directed key stakeholders to work together on proposed amendments to the Electricity Act.
“Council has directed that stakeholders, led by the Attorney General of the Federation, the Honourable Minister of Power, the Special Adviser on Power, the Office of the Special Adviser to the President on Oil and Gas, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, the BPE and all other critical stakeholders, should engage constructively so as to streamline and harmonise the Federal Government’s position in terms of the required amendments to fine-tune the Electricity Act, and we are engaging in that regard,” Gbeleyi stated.
The Minister of Power, Joseph Olasunkanmi Tegbe, said the government was also working to ensure Nigerians derive greater value from electricity and other critical sectors of the economy.
“We are working concertedly and in a very collaborative manner to ensure that we give value, either in electricity or in telecoms—whichever area—to make sure that Nigerians benefit from this government,” Tegbe said.
The meeting was attended by senior government officials, including the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, the Minister of Power, the Attorney-General of the Federation’s representative, the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment and private members of the council.
