Nigeria’s national metering rate rose to 57.27 per cent by the end of December 2025, up from 56.54 per cent in November, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has said.
NERC disclosed this in its latest metering factsheet for November and December 2025, released on Tuesday.
The November and December 2025 metering status of Distribution Companies (DisCos) factsheet, according to the commission, provides a breakdown of metering progress across the country.
The report said a total of 109,556 customers were metered in December alone, surpassing the 88,592 installed in November.
It said Ikeja, Eko, and Abuja DisCos continue to lead with the highest metering rates, all maintaining levels above 76 per cent.
As of December 2025, it said the total number of metered customers reached 6,966,584 out of 12,163,412 active customers.
This progress reflects ongoing efforts to close the country’s metering gap and improve billing accuracy.
In March 2018, the Nigerian government commenced the mass metering programme (MAP), but the distribution of metres started in 2019.
Its objective is to end the estimated billing system and attract private investment in the provision of metering services. It also seeks to enhance revenue assurance in the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) and promote local meter manufacturing in Nigeria.
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In 2020, the government approved the National Mass Metering Programme (NMMP).
The key objectives of the NMMP include increasing Nigeria’s metering rate and eliminating arbitrary estimated billing. It is also aimed at strengthening the meter value chain by increasing local manufacturing, assembly and deployment capacity.
The programme seeks to support Nigeria’s economic recovery by creating jobs in the local meter value chain, reducing collection losses and increasing financial flows to achieve 100 per cent market remittance obligations of the electricity distribution companies (DisCos).
It will further improve network monitoring capability and the availability of data for market administration and investment decision-making.
