The electricity distribution companies in the country’s power supply chain Sunday blamed the federal government’s high import duty on meters for the difficulty in providing the infrastructure for their customers.
Coming under their umbrella, the Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors , the Discos called on the federal government to intervene in finding a means to cut the duty on imported meters, to enable faster metering for their customers towards ending the estimated billing regime. “There should be zero per cent import duty on meters. We must assist local meter manufacturers to bring in components duty-free until Ajaokuta Steel Company is ready. The high import duty at the ports is killing the power sector.
They said that the power firms cannot be blamed for the current slow process of providing meters for their customers as that role was given to the MAP companies since the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission implemented the MAP regulation in 2019 and gave permits to metering firms to provide and install the meters for Discos.
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