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The Federal Government has announced plans to deploy seven million smart meters through its Presidential Metering Initiative, aiming to eliminate estimated billing and reduce revenue leakages.

The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Energy, Mrs Olu Verheijen, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Sunday.

Speaking on the second anniversary of Tinubu’s istration, Verheijen stated that the smart meters would end collection losses for most on-grid customers who are currently unmetered.

She explained that the meter deployment is part of the istration’s efforts to improve the commercial value chain of gas-to-power.

“There are several interventions underway to enhance the commercial viability of the gas-to-power value chain.

“We are developing policies and frameworks to transition to a system that allows us to charge the true cost of delivering electricity, and more importantly, to drive efficiencies in determining that cost,” she said.

The Special Adviser also revealed that the government is working to clear its legacy debt, which accumulated due to an inability to fund electricity subsidies and the distribution companies (Discos) underperformance in revenue collection.

“We plan to clear the legacy debt with a combination of cash and promissory notes to ensure that generation companies and gas suppliers are paid.

“In addition, we are improving revenue assurance by ensuring that most customers on the grid are metered.

“With this, we can end estimated billing and reduce collection losses so that customers who receive electricity are paying customers,” she added.

In exchange for resolving the legacy debts, Verheijen said the government would require all stakeholders and investors across the value chain to enhance their performance and invest more capital to expand on-grid access.

She stressed that the istration is committed to improving the governance of the Discos, which serves as the cash engine of the entire value chain.

“Through existing regulatory frameworks, the government will ensure that Discos have the financial and technical capacity to deliver more reliable power to Nigerian homes and businesses,” she concluded.

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De ja vu
i hear this news every year since 2016

Good.

But what about those who by even the meters?

This is a good plan, thank you to president Tinubu, the messiah, for helping stop the bad estimated light bills.

Another story

Does this suppose to be good news or bad news

Like for bad news. Share for good news

Believe this, believe anything.
Tinubu believes Nigerians are enjoying the best of his worst policies.
Oya, over to Nigerians; believe him to your sore detriment.

FG has been planning this since the dawn of the 21st century








Clownish CORNtree 🌽

Liars

Another scam

RealLordZeus:
De ja vu
i hear this news every year since 2016

Since 2005😥🤦🤷

Meter rollouts in millions since the days of the GEJ istration.

How are the citizens going to top up the meters when JagaBanza has impoverished them all to bambialas?

SUPER STORY

Sounds like 2027 reelection vote buying plans

Ikaeniyan0:


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Lobish, we can buy meters, just regulate the sales. and 7 millions ahah really? we need at least a 100 million.

Anything concerning the masses, it's "FG Plans", there was no "FG Plans" when N150.million (each) SUVs were bought for senators and HoR

Audio rollout
We have been hearing this
Not today...... Abeg

Believe fg at your own peril

Singing ***

Na scam na scam fg carry the the money ja ,carry nwa baby nack drink action bitter..... 🤸‍♀️💃🕺🏾

Good one

You will not pay for estimated billings, if you don't have light, vote me out.

Government of scam and propaganda.

Same story every time

Lolzz dy play

Ikaeniyan0:


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This APC government isn't serious at all. Coming up with this news just to deceive the masses. Same FG gave MAP vendors license to be selling prepaid meters. Smh

Every

Every year news. This news supposed CUSTOMER DADA NI.

Audio promises....

Action all the promises please

I no understand
Make dem make it available in open Market like phones, we don't need their spoon feeding, just make sure there are specifications, while the service providers are empowered to do inspections on the metre

Same story every 6 months.

We have hear this before, even useless Fashola told GEJ that to have constant electricity in Nigeria is not a rocket science

Story! Not new to us. Audio meter. Single phase meter is now 140 something thousand thereabout. Believe Nigerian governments at your own risk. Na so Ogun Governor promised some areas in the state 247 electricity last February, no one has come out to tell us why the promise is yet to be fulfilled.

SoftSport:
This is a good plan, thank you to president Tinubu, the messiah, for helping stop the bad estimated light bills.

I keep loving this man daily, he is doing all he promised in his manifesto, this is a clear leadership. I ed during campaign he keep saying we will end estimated billing. If other presidents can not do it , I trust Jagaban to do it. He knows how to do things right. His records in targets achievements are clear.