Nigeria: Jos Electricity Coy to Install 100,000 Smart Meters By Year-End

28 November 2016

Jos — Jos Electricity Distribution (JED) Company Plc has disclosed that it is set to install over 100,000 new smart meters before the end of 2016, adding that the company has made plans to install a total of 250,000 meters before the of 2017.

Managing Director of JEDC, Alhaji Muhammed Gidado Modibbo, who disclosed this in Jos over the weekend while inspecting the installation exercise at the Lahol Top area of Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State, added that the meters, unlike the conventional ones, would be installed on the poles in order to ensure integrity of installation, and also to ensure that consumers don't bypass the meters.

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