Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja
The total number of metered customers in Nigeria rose to 6,579,818 in August this year, improving the metering rate nationwide to 55.01 per cent, according to the latest data from the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC).
However, the numbers showed that while more households were supplied the measuring devices by the Distribution Companies (Discos), millions of customers remained unmetered, leaving large portions of the country reliant on estimated billing.