The Federal Government says four million metres will be distributed in the second phase of the ongoing National Mass Metering Programme.
“Another four million will be done by the second phase, which should commence shortly. Then another one million – funding has been secured and procurement will commence (later),” he said.
Asked when the second phase would begin, he said, “It should start this first quarter… before March.”
Zakari alluded to the Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA) overseeing more than 20 new local manufacturing companies onboarded to assemble the procured metres.
“Prior to the National Mass Metering Programme, there was no scalable programme on metering in the country. The first phase of the metering programme has distributed one million metres.
“We’ve subsequently concluded the process for another four million metres that are all going to local manufacturers,” he said.
