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The commission disclosed this in its 2020 second-quarter report on its website on Wednesday.
Also, the report stated that the 11 Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) received 203,116 consumer complaints in the 2nd quarter of 2020.
NERC said, “A review of customer complaints statistics indicates that estimated billing, metering, and service interruption remain the most significant areas of concern for customers, accounting for 64.88 per cent.
“It represents 131,789 of the total complaints in the second quarter of 2020,’’ it said.
“During the second quarter of 2020, the 11 DisCos received 203,116 complaints from consumers, indicating 0.68 per cent fewer complaints than those received during the first quarter of 2020.
“In total, the DisCos attended to 189,684 complaints representing an increase of 1.09 per cent from the preceding quarter.
The Federal Government said the Digital Switch Over is a priority project because it will improve local content, create jobs, curb content monopolies and improve on-demand television to millions of Nigerian households.
This was disclosed by the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed At The Digital Switch Over Stakeholders Meeting in Lagos on Monday.
The Minister disclosed that the DSO has been rolled out in five states so far, adding that the FG is
“kick-starting the new rollout here in Lagos state on April 29th 2021, Kano state on June 3rd 2021 and Rivers state on July 8th 2021. We will then follow up with Yobe state on July 15th 2021 and Gombe state on August 12th 2021.”
• 611,231 meters distributed under scheme
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) is set to review the Meter Asset Provider (MAP) scheme as deployment suffers a setback.
In a consultation paper issued yesterday, and signed by the NERC Chairman, Sanusi Garba, the regulator said only 611,231 meters have been deployed under the MAP scheme as of January 31, adding that more than half of registered electricity customers in the country remain unmetered.
He said the purpose of the review is to look at the various options to fast-track the closure of the metering gap within the implementation framework of the MAP. x
Garba added that to ensure transparency in the meter roll-out as provided for in the MAP regulations, deployment of meters could not commence until August 2019 following the conclusion of competitive procurement by DisCos which was monitored by the Commission.