The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission says only four out 11 Electricity Distribution Companies in the country have metered up to 50 per cent of customers under their franchise areas.
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The National Assembly is set to pass a law to jail illegal connection of electricity for three years.
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has said that the eleven Electricity Distribution Companies remitted only N51.2billion of electricity invoice out of the total N163.1 billion they received in the first quarter of 2018.
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission says only four out 11 Electricity Distribution Companies in the country have metered up to 50 per cent of electricity customers under their coverage areas.
Fashola said this in reaction to an assertion by Sunday Oduntan, the Executive Director, Research and Advocacy, Association of Electricity Distributors, in Abuja on Friday
House of Representatives has called on the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission to rescind the suspension of the executive and non-executive directors of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company.
Fashola spoke at a news briefing on: “Power Sector State of Play, Next Steps and Policy Directives.”
Vivian Mbonu, NERC’s Head of Media Unit, on Wednesday said in statement that the directors and management staff were suspended for non-recovery of inappropriate shareholders loan of N6 billion.
The Director-General of MAN, Segun Ajayi-Kadir, made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Lagos.
Olusegun Adekunle, Permanent Secretary, General Services Office, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja.
The senate also confirmed the nomination of Prof. James Momoh for appointment as Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission.
The participants made the call on Sunday in a communiqué issued at the end of a three-day Top Management Retreat of the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing in Kano
Godwin Idemudia, the General Manager, Corporate Communications Unit, EKEDC announced the development in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos.
The Federal Government said this is a regulation and not a favour to consumers, adding that disputed bills should also not be paid
A statement by Dr. Usman Arabi, the NERC Head of Public Affairs Department, said the commission found the company wanting on two grounds of inappropriate financial transactions and was subsequently fined.
Felix Ofulue, the Head, Corporate Communications of the company, made the disclosure in an interactive session with the newsmen in Lagos
Ibrahim made the call against the backdrop of NERC’s directive on June 11 that all Maximum Demand customers not provided with meters to stop paying estimated bills presented by distribution companies
The Chief Executive Officer of ANED, Azu Obiaya, made the clarification in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Sunday
The directive, which was handed down by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, also has it that no DISCO should disconnect any customer for not paying for estimated bills
The Federal Government had through the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission announced on May 19, 2017 that “GenCos in Nigeria are now free to generate and sell electricity to end-users in Nigeria”