Nigeria Must Manufacture Meters Locally and Secure Sustainable Financing, Experts Say

Experts in Nigeria’s electricity sector called for more local meter manufacturing, sustainable financing and wider use of smart technology to narrow the country’s metering gap. At a webinar, Odion Omonfoman said his company had achieved more than 90 per cent coverage and deployed over 200,000 meters through the Meter Asset Provider scheme and vendor financing. Alegie Alfred outlined Abia Power’s efforts to tackle electricity theft and meter fraud, while Ravleen Sethi pointed to government programmes and private investment as drivers of smart-meter deployment in India. Durosola Omogbenigun called for a national plan coordinating governments, distributors, investors, regulators and local manufacturers.