Nigerian Government Orders Distribution Companies To Resume Meter Assets Providers Programme

The Federal Government has issued directions to the electricity distribution companies (discos) to resume the Meter Assets Providers programme (MAP), recently slowed down by the National Mass Metering Programme (NMMP).

Although the program (DisCos’ MAP) has been ongoing for years now, the NMMP programme under the office of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo was introduced in 2020 to close the massive gap in the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI).

While the MAP program had barely reached 400, 000 homes in 2020, FG’s NMMP intervention in its infancy stage succeeded in reaching over 800,000 homes.

Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, Garuba Sanusi, last week disclosed that the Federal Government’s NMMP was scheduled to commence in August, and as a result, DisCos have been instructed to recommence the MAP program in its full capacity.