Nigeria plans 750,000 electricity meter installation by 2027
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The Nigerian Presidency intends to install 750,000 electricity meters across the country in 2027 through the Presidential Metering Initiative.
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) announced the plan as part of ongoing efforts to reduce reliance on estimated billing and address the country’s electricity metering gap. As of August 2026, 8.05 million of Nigeria’s 12.75 million electricity customers had meters, leaving approximately 4.7 million without.
The Presidential Metering Initiative joins several other programs designed to increase metering rates within the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry. These include the Meter Asset Provider scheme, which allows customers to pay for meters upfront and receive credit on their bills, and the National Mass Metering Programme. The Meter Acquisition Fund provides financial support to distribution companies to purchase meters, while the World Bank-backed Distribution Sector Recovery Programme further supports these efforts.
NERC stated that the various programs are meant to work together to expand meter deployment and improve billing accuracy. However, the commission’s factsheet did not detail how the 750,000 meters will be allocated to distribution companies or which locations will be prioritized in 2027. NERC also affirmed that customers without meters still have protections against unfairly high estimated bills.
