Nigeria has achieved a metering rate of 47%, with Ikeja DisCo leading the way at an impressive 78% progress

  • Ikeja DisCo leads with a 78.45% metering rate, having metered over 1.03 million customers.
  • Abuja DisCo follows closely with a 71.60% metering rate and over 924,000 metered customers.
  • Ibadan has the highest number of registered customers, but only a 44.23% metering rate.
  • Kaduna and Kano have alarmingly low metering rates of 24.92% and 24.77%, respectively.
  • Yola DisCo has the lowest metering rate at just 14.45% of its 824,700 customers.
  • Eko DisCo has a relatively high metering rate of 63.92% despite having fewer registered customers.
  • Only 4 out of 13 DisCos have metered at least half of their customer base as of March 2025.

As of March 2025, metering progress among electricity distribution companies (DisCos) in Nigeria showed wide disparities. Ikeja DisCo stood out with the highest metering rate at 78.45%, having metered over 1 million of its 1.31 million registered customers. Abuja DisCo followed with a 71.60% metering rate, also crossing the 900,000 metered customer mark. On the other end of the spectrum, DisCos like Yola, Kano, and Kaduna struggled with rates below 25%, leaving most of their customers on estimated billing—an issue that fuels mistrust and billing complaints.

Interestingly, while Ibadan has the largest number of registered customers (2.7 million), it had only metered 1.19 million, giving it a metering rate of just 44.23%. Eko DisCo, often seen as more advanced, had a higher metering rate of 63.92%, but a smaller customer base compared to other major DisCos. This variation highlights that metering efficiency doesn’t always correlate with customer size, but more with policy implementation and operational focus by each DisCo.

Source:

NERC

Period:

March 2025
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