Over 5m Customers Remain Unmetered – NERC

Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission(NERC) has said that 5,196,828 (million) electricity customers are yet to get meters across the country despite the issuance of 109,556 meters in December 2025 by the 11 electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos).

According to a factsheet by the commission, the national metering rate rose to 57.27% by the end of December, up from 56.54% in November.

It said a total of 109,556 customers were metered in December alone, compared to 88,592 in November and it identified Ikeja, Eko, and Abuja DisCos as top performers that continue to lead with the highest metering rates.

NERC said they all maintain levels above 76% of metering rate of customers in their franchise areas.

It noted that a total number of metered customers as of December 2025, reached 6,966,584 out of 12,163,412 active customers.