This was contained in a Review of Power Sector in 2021 report published by the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday.
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The Managing Director and Chief Electrical Inspector of the Federation, Peter Ewesor, gave the charge at a seminar organised by the Bureau of Public Service Reforms in Abuja on Tuesday.
The Head, Corporate Communications of EEDC, Emeka Ezeh, who gave the warning in a statement, on Tuesday, in Enugu, said that the conmen usually asked unsuspecting members of the public to make payment for meter into a personal bank account, number 0813317416, domiciled in a new generation bank.
Ezekiel of Saburi village in Abuja is charged with criminal conspiracy, impersonation and being in possession of property suspected to be stolen.
The DisCos said on Thursday in Abuja that the massive roll-out of meters would assist in the full take off of the proposed Service Reflective Tariff.
The Executive Director, Research and Advocacy of the Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors, Sunday Oduntan, said this in a statement on Friday.
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission says only two out of 11 Electricity Distribution Companies in the country have metered up to 50 per cent of customers under their coverage areas as at September 2019.
Polaris Bank has reiterated her commitment to the success of the Meter Acquisition Partners Project by ensuring that the acquisition of pre-paid meters by Nigerians is seamless.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Nigerians have continued to decry the inability of Electricity Distribution Companies to provide enough prepaid electricity meters for consumers.
The company’s Chief Executive, Chantelle Abdul, said in a statement that its officials would not connive with customers to adjust or fiddle with the meters installed.
The former Lagos State Governor said that metering houses in the country was facing some challenges as there was no accurate database of actual consumers in the country
Uwakwe was speaking against the background of complaints by indigenous smart meter manufacturers that their capacity has been underutilised due to very low patronage from the government and the electricity boards
They made the appeal while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos against the backdrop of approval of funds for the procurement of one million electricity meters by the Federal Government
Pekun Adeyanju, the Assistant General Manager, Public Affairs of Ikeja Disco, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Lagos