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Nigeria Metering Rate Jumps To 63 Percent

Nigeria's metering rate has increased to 63 percent. Metered customers rose from 7,903,819 in July to 8,045,565 in August.

By Naija & The News DeskPublished 16 Oct 2026, 2:26pm WAT

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Key fact

Metered customers increased by 1.8 percent.

This represents a 1.8 percent increase. The number of unmetered electricity customers has dropped to 4.7 million.

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