Our diehard spirit has again brought us closer to one of our desires for this nation. Uninterrupted power supply means life in our homes for business and leisure.
Days when children and adults shout “UP NEPA!” at the top of their voices are about to become history, in fact such is the case already at the Mpape community of Abuja, where there is constant electricity for businesses that thrive day and night.
For this reason, there has been an influx of people, Micro Small Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and the hospitality industry into the community in order to take advantage of this essential amenity. It is a green zone of night life from day to day.


Some years ago, postpaid metering connections were the order of the day. Consumers could not afford to measure their charges and control their consumption rates while billing came in roughly estimated values monthly - as an overcharge or undercharge.


Unfortunately, not every consumer was dedicated to their bills, some stuck to part, others no payments at all. Backlogs of payments led to irrecoverable debt for distributors, still the federal government kept subsidizing for the generation, transmission and distribution of power.


Despite this gross mismanagement prior to 2015, there has now been a huge turn around where you can feel the efforts of the chairman of the Power Sector Reform Working Group ensuring Nigerians enjoy electricity. As population increases, demand for electricity increases. The stakeholders in electricity had several engagements that led to national mass metering of 3 million homes with prepaid metre. Thousands of jobs were created through the local production of these prepaid metre.

More residents have joined the first set of prepaid metered consumers in Mpape community in enjoying full control of their electricity usage and authorities could easily track tariff payments. The proposed increase in tariff did not raise alarm because consumers are getting the value for their money and also there are prepaid metres ready for pickup for installation and replacement at any time.


I am certain almost all communities in Nigeria will be metered before 2023 because prepaid metre are now available for end users to pick up from the electricity distribution companies in their localities. I implore Nigerians to key into this opportunity.

Theyv decieve u
It not free u pay for it

gfaruk:
Theyv decieve u
It not free u pay for it

Will pay for it, not you pay for it.