More than 5 Million Customers Lack Electricity Meters – NERC Report

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has announced that there are 5,196,828 electricity customers without meters across the nation, despite the distribution of 109,556 meters by the 11 electricity distribution companies (DisCos) in December 2025.

In a factsheet released by the commission, it was noted that the national metering rate reached 57.27% at the end of December, an increase from 56.54% recorded in November.

The commission indicated that a total of 109,556 customers were metered exclusively in December, compared to 88,592 in November. It highlighted that Ikeja, Eko, and Abuja DisCos are top achievers, leading in customer metering rates.

According to NERC, these DisCos maintain metering rates over 76% among customers in their respective jurisdictions.

The total number of metered customers by the end of December 2025 stood at 6,966,584 out of an estimated 12,163,412 active customers throughout the country.