Chima Azubuike, Gombe
No fewer than 6,000 units, out of 20,000 ordered were on Mon
day, received by Jos Electricity Distribution Company PLC, to be installed in its franchise area of operations between now and December 2020.
The meters according to the Managing Director, Engr. Hashim Ibrahim Bakori costs the company a total sum of N1.450B (one Billion, Four hundred and Fifty Million naira).
According to Engr. Bakori the delivery of six thousand (6,000) meters out of the 20,000 paid for would be deployed only to Customers who had previously keyed into the company’s promo of debt recovery that took place last year.
He explained further that the Meters would be targeted at unmetered Customers on Band A and B so as to avoid probable dispute that could arise if they were left on estimations.
“We will give these meters to our Customers who were promised during the promo exercise as a measure of the fulfilment of our promises to them. Some of them keyed into our debt recovery promo and so, we are morally obligated to give them the meters”, he said.
He said that the Meters were not only for retail Customers, but they also include High Tension (HT) metered Customers for energy accounting and for unmanned injection sub stations energy data analysis.
While calling on customers to show confidence in JEDC by paying for their consumed energy which would enable JED PLC serve them better urged them to take advantage of the MAP initiative.
He said, “JED PLC is calling on Customers to avail themselves of the MAP metering programme and other initiatives being planned by the FG and World Bank in metering all electricity customers in the country within the shortest possible time.”
