Tag: National Mass Metering Programme (NMMP)

Resume Free Meter Distribution, NERC Orders DisCos

Ganiyu Amodu

As 45 Firms Jostle For Nigeria’s meter Providers Contracts The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has declared that 45 local metre manufacturers are jostling to be signed under Nigerian Government’s meter providers’ programme. Chairman of NERC, Garuba Sanusi, who disclosed this on the sideline of a power stakeholders’ engagement in Lagos, ordered electricity distribution companies to resume the Meter Assets Providers (MAP) programme, recently slowed down by the National Mass Metering Programme (NMMP). Although the DisCos’ MAP has been in existence for some years, the NMMP programme under the office…

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EKEDC rolls out 100,000 pre-paid Meters, says better days ahead

Damola Oyede

  Leading power utility firm in Nigeria, Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC), has rolled out 100,000 pre-paid meters for electricity consumers under its areas of franchise in the first phase of National Mass Metering Programme (NMMP). Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the company, Engineer Adeoye Fadeyibi, who stated this during the flag off of NMMP, declared that with the scheme, “we can begin to say we are on a path to better days ahead.”   This is because, according to Fadebiyi, in the “next 18-24 months, Over 6…

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