The Federal Government has said it would sanction any electricity distribution company or its representatives selling meters or asking Nigerians to pay money to get the item. The Special Adviser to the President on Infrastructure, Mr. Ahmed Zakari, gave the warning at a stakeholders’ engagement on electricity tariff, organised by the FGN/NLC-TUC Ad-hoc Committee. Zakari said, “We have made it clear through the regulator’s direct order as well as the intervention from the Ministry of...
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says it has restored the collapsed electricity grid system across the country. The Acting Managing Director of TCN, Mr Sule Abdulaziz, made this known while addressing newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday. Abdulaziz said the system which collapsed on Sunday evening was restored within 40 minutes of the incident. He explained that the company immediately went into action and stabilised the system in Abuja, before other parts of the country....
The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), has blamed the disruption of power supply in parts of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on vandals. Mr Oyebode Fadipe, AEDC General Manager, Corporate Communications said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Fadipe listed some of the affected areas to include Kaura District, Galadimawa, Lokogoma, Suncity, Moccido Housing Estate, Games Village and Eyes Centre Hospital, “Others include the National Stadium, Feeds Milipat Filling Station, part of Indoor...
By Ibrahim Abdul’AZiz, Regional Correspondent Residents of Jimeta-Yola, and Girei, Adamawa State have cried out over power outage adversely affecting the city and its environs for the past few weeks, accusing Yola Electricity Distribution Company (YEDC) of “total neglect” amid insecurity plaguing the society. Worst hit areas includes: Yola, Bachure, Wauru- Jebbe, Demsawo, Nassarawo, Bajabure, Vunikilang and some parts of Girei local government areas, but Jimeta Business unit of the power company attributed it to...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has released its framework for the National Mass Metering Programme (NMMP). The framework was released by the Development Financing department of the apex bank through its official website on Monday. It stated that introduction of the Service-Based Tariff (SBT) in the Nigeria Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) effective Sept. 1, had put increased emphasis on the need to close the metering gap in the NESI. “Closing this gap will enhance...
The Federal Government has extended the suspension of the new electricity tariff by one week. Prof. James Momoh, Chairman, Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) said this when the ad hoc Technical Committee on Electricity Tariff submitted its interim report at a reconvene bilateral meeting between Federal Government and Organised Labour on Monday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the new tariff was earlier suspended for two weeks and ended at midnight...
The Managing Director, Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), Mr Ernest Mupwaya, says its `2020 Customer Service Week’ will be an opportunity to appreciate its customers for their loyalty. AEDC’s General Manager, Corporate Communications, Mr Oyebode Fadipe, made this known in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja. Fadipe quoted the managing director as saying that “this is an auspicious period to demonstrate our appreciation to our esteemed customers and recognise the importance of customer service...
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the commencement of a nationwide mass-metering programme as part of efforts to put an end to estimated and arbitrary billing for electricity. Prof. James Momoh, Chairman, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, said the president’s directive was in response to yearnings of Nigerians. According to him, the president also approved a waiver of the import levy on meters, so that those that do not...
The Nigeria government has said poor and vulnerable citizens will be exempted from electricity tariff increase. In a statement released on Wednesday James Momoh, chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), confirmed that the new tariff regime will exclude the vulnerable consuming 50KW or less. He noted that customers on estimated billing will not also be affected as the president has ordered mass metering across the country. “NERC wishes to clarify that tariff reviews...
The Nigerian power industry has achieved another mile’s stone of all-time national peak of 5,420.30 megawatts, the Transmission Company of Nigeria had announced on Thursday. It was also revealed that the 5,420.3MW was effectively transmitted through the national grid at frequency of 50.10Hz at 9:15pm on August 18, 2020. In the statement, the General Manager, Public Affairs, TCN, Ndidi Mbah said, “This is the highest ever recorded in the nation’s power sector to-date, surpassing the...
