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A month after taking delivery of one million meters under the National Mass Metering Programme (NMMP), the electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) have warehoused 983,693 in their offices.

The 11 distribution companies were only able to distribute 16,308 prepaid meters as of November 2020, while electricity consumers were yearning for units amidst estimated billings.

According to the data, Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company was allotted 103,997; Benin Electricity Distribution Company , 90,870; Enugu Electricity Distribution Company , 92,381 and Yola Electricity Distribution Company , 85,376 Abuja Disco, which had collected 101,186 units of the devices, installed 8,941 while Eko, with 79,178 fixed 52.

In addition, Kaduna only installed 117 out of 86,957 meters received while Kano fixed 11 out of its 87,747 units, Port Harcourt installed 6,818 out of its 77,070 devices. On the Meter Asset Provider status contained in the data, it was revealed that while Benin with an allocation of 573,776 has fixed 10,148 in over three years, Yola has not done any metering during that period. Jos installed 3,939 out of a ration of 500,000 units in the three years.Ikeja installed 165,081 out of 1.07 million meters under the scheme; Kaduna did just 7,418 out of 450,000 and Ibadan achieved 37, 714 out of 988,915 meters contracted to it.

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Why the Nigerian government plays lackadaisical approach to these distribution companies, it is high time to checkmate their I'll atrocities meted to electricity user in the country. Please enough should ideally supposed to be enough since.

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