Federal government has begun the mass metering of the Nigerian Army formations nationwide with a promise to end the era of estimated billings in the power sector.
At the flag-off of the metering exercise at the headquarters of the 9th Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Ikeja Military Cantonment at the weekend, the minister of power, Adebayo Adelabu, said the exercise would be in phases.
He said Ikeja Cantonment is the first phase of the exercise, which will last for six weeks before the second phase begins.
Adelabu said for the current exercise, the sum of N12.7 billion had been released from the total N40 billion for the mass metering project.
The minister said, “The mass metering in army formations nationwide will enable us to know what is being consumed on a monthly basis in order to ensure appropriate billings and ease collections. The overall intention is to eliminate and make estimated billing a thing of the past.”
Adelabu, who was received at the Army Headquarters by the commander, Maj. Gen. A.M Adetuyi and the chief executive officer of De Haryor Global Services, Engr Ashade Olatunbosun ,who is in charge of the metering project, said the current exercise is part of President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda to ensure regular supply of electricity to army formations, nationwide.