Ikeja Electric (IE) Plc has installed about 105,000 prepaid meters for customers under its network through the Federal Government’s National Mass Metering Programme (NMMP).
The Head, Corporate Communications, IE, Mr Felix Ofulue, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Ikeja.
Ofulue said the figure indicated that the company provided meter for over 99 per cent of its 106,701 customers scheduled for metering under the phase zero of the NMMP.
He said: “We have so far metered 105,000 customers under the NMMP and we are appealing to others yet to get their meters to be patient.
“The process of installing prepaid meters is ongoing and have not been discontinued as being insinuated by some persons.
“We are anticipating that the Phase One of the NMMP will begin soon which will give us opportunity to meter more customers.
“Our vision at Ikeja Electric is for all customers to be metered as quickly as possible and those yet to be metered will definitely be metered.”
Ofulue, however advised customers to desist from energy theft through bypassing of their prepaid meters.
He said the company would deal with anybody caught engaged in the act according to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) regulations.
Ofulue also appealed to the customers to help the DisCo protect its electrical installations from vandals and energy thieves through its recently inaugurated whistle blower programme.
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