Discos mandated to provide pre-paid meters to Nigerians with immediate effect- Fashola

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, SAN, has on Monday the 14th of March, given marching orders to Electricity Distribution Companies, (DISCOs) to issue prepaid meters to Nigerians, immediately.  He made this known at the end of his third monthly meeting with operators in the power sector at the Ugwuaji Transmission Station, Enugu,

Fashola said that the meeting discussed the issue of availability of gas, volatility of the foreign exchange market, financial capability of discos as well as difficulties in of pricing gas in dollars instead of the local currency among others, adding that discos must meet  their responsibilities of meeting the demands of their customers to supply them with pre-paid meters to avoid estimated billings.

Majority of Nigerians who use electricity are not metered, hence the Nigerian government is accelerating ways to ensure that issues of estimated bills by electricity distribution companies ends as soon as possible.

The communique issued after the meeting read, “The Honourable Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN, chaired the third monthly meeting of operators in the electricity industry in furtherance of identifying, discussing and finding practical solutions to issues facing the Nigerian electricity supply industry.

“If you are not getting power from the transmission company, you must tell your customers so. The issue of review of tariff was arrived at after consultations. You (discos) did the consultations. Why don’t you step out and explain the issue to your customers. All of us must explain to our different customers where we operate…,” he said.

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