Electricity consumers have been directed to reject any meter supplied by distribution companies without NEMSA seal and labels.
Aliyu Tukur Tahir, Managing Director of Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA), who gave the directive at a news conference in Abuja, said identifying the NEMSA seal and label was to ensure the meters being installed were genuine and certified.
“More testing centres had been established for certification and standardization of meters for home and industrial purposes.”
“So many things can cause your meter to read faster. First, is the installation of such a meter. It is important that only a NEMSA certified meter installer is allowed to install your meter and you can verify this by asking for their certificate.”
“Another thing is the electrical installations in your premises around your meter. If there is linkage between your meter and the installation, the meter will see it as a continuous load and it will be reading. And most of these installations do not have effective earthing. It is only when earthing is done properly that you can have leakages detected and isolated using the circuit-breaker.”
“Improper installation of change-over between generators and power supply can also lead to this. Some of us build our own generators in line with our meters.”
“If you install the generator along the load line, your meter will continue to pick it up when you are running your generator. You must have a separate line for your generator; if not, you will pay the utility for using your own generator,”Tahir said.
He said new strategies had been introduced to ensure safety of the power facilities across the country, aimed at removing all substandard power equipment.
The Managing Director said the Agency was in consultation with all stakeholders to remove any structure erected under high tension cables.
He added that the agency had investigated 38 incidences across the Federation last year, with more than 10,000 new electrical projects inspected for safety and standardization.
Veteran journalist and recipient of A.B.C Yola, Reporter of the Year Award (1997), Hassan Umar Shallpella, works with WAP as a Regional Correspondence. He was trained at Institute of Mass Communication and Technology Jos and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Training School Lagos.He was a News desk Editor and a Correspondent at the Punch newspaper and till 2019, was the Deputy Editor ofThe Scope newspaper.
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