Meters Are Free, Stop Selling – FG Warns DisCos

Minister of Power, Engr. Abubakar Aliyu, has warned Distribution Companies (DisCos) to stop selling electricity meters to customers.

The minister, who gave the warning on Thursday, stated that procurement is free of charge.

Speaking at the weekly State House ministerial briefing organised by the Presidential Media Team, said: “These meters are free, we said it a number of times. These are tools that will generate liquidity. How can we be selling something that will bring in money?

“It is the responsibility of the DisCos and the government is seeing that they are not doing so. The government is giving the DisCos the meters to distribute for free.

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“But there’ll always be “touts” and “kabu-kabu”. I think it’s the touts that are doing this kind of shoddy deal”,

The minister also disclosed that the procurement of four million meters for the second phase of the mass metering programme is ongoing.