The Federal Government of Nigeria has deployed and installed 668,000 electricity meters representing approximately 60 percent of the 1,033,000 meters delivered under Phase 1 of the $500 million World Bank-financed Distribution Sector Recovery Programme (DISREP).
​The Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Ayodeji Gbeleyi, disclosed this on Wednesday during a briefing at the National Council on Privatisation (NCP) second meeting of 2026, held at the Presidential Villa in Abuja under the chairmanship of Vice President Kashim Shettima.
​Briefing the Council on the progress made under the Presidential Metering Initiative (PMI), Gbeleyi highlighted that the structured rollout is actively working toward closing Nigeria’s long-standing electricity metering gap and systematically eliminating arbitrary estimated billing across registered consumers nationwide.
​”On various issues, we provided updates on meter deployment under Phase 1 of the World Bank-financed Distribution Sector Recovery Programme,” Gbeleyi stated. “We have implemented 60 per cent of the meters that have been delivered in the country out of 1,033,000. So far, we have deployed and installed 668,000 meters on customers’ premises.”
​Addressing wider reforms in the power sector, Gbeleyi noted key milestones in decentralizing electricity regulation pursuant to the Electricity Act. Since April 2024, approximately 17 states have established their own State Electricity Regulatory Commissions (SERCs) to take over regulatory oversight from the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), with Akwa Ibom State establishing its commission most recently in July 2026.
​Following the presentation, the Council directed a multi-agency stakeholder team led by the Attorney General of the Federation, the Minister of Power, the Special Adviser to the President on Power, NERC, and the BPE to streamline operational guidelines and refine legal frameworks across state lines.
