The special adviser on infrastructure to the president, Ahmad Zakari, disclosed this in an exclusive chat with LEADERSHIP at the weekend.
The federal government had launched the National Mass Metering Programme to provide over four million meters to Nigerians. In the first phase, called phase 0, according to Zakari, over 900,000 meters were deployed. The programme would ensure that consumers were billed appropriately for the electricity they consumed through the installation of free meters in unmetered households and business premises.Reacting to concerns raised by some Nigerians over whether the government would be able to fill the metering gap before the end of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, Zakari said, ‘‘This government will complete the metering gap by 2023 and it’s easy to tell why.
‘‘The federal government has provided liquidity for the metering as loans to the electricity distribution companies and they should provide it free to the citizens. Prior to this, the Discos will say they don’t have funds. With the government’s concerted effort to be able to provide liquidity, that has changed the trajectory. In the past, the maximum meter we could install in a month when we started this NMMP was maybe 15,000 a month.
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