Nigeria: New Electricity Tariffs Difficult to Implement With Poor Customer Record, Metering - Govt

11 January 2018

Abuja — The federal government has said it will be difficult to allow the 11 electricity distribution companies (Discos) in Nigeria's power market charge new rates on electricity they supply to their customers across the country because the country does not have an accurate record of electricity consumers in the Discos' networks or enough customers that are metered by the Discos.

Speaking in a Channels Television early morning show yesterday in Abuja, which THISDAY monitored, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, defended the decision of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to hold back the implementation of up to three consecutive tariff reviews.

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