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The first batch of over 3.2 million electricity meters purchased by the federal government will be delivered to address the nation’s over 7 million metering gap. &nbsp, &nbsp,

Bolaji Tunji, the minister’s Special Adviser on Strategic Communications and Media Relations, stated in a statement on Sunday that the minister’s minister, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, anticipated delivery of 75, 000 meters under the International Competitive Bid 1 by April 2025.

In May 2025, there will be a second batch of 200 000 meters.

The Federal Government of Nigeria’s continued efforts, financial commitment, and structured implementation plans to close the metering gap are the facts, according to Tunji.

Metering installations have continued to advance steadily despite claims of stagnation. 5, 502, 460 customers were metered as of December 2024, or 55% of the 10, 114, 060 active electricity customers in Nigeria.

” In 2024 alone, 572, 050 meters were installed. The government is actively working to close the current metering gap as quickly as possible, despite acknowledging it. According to Adelabu, “the fact is that a sizable portion of active electricity users already have meters,” refuting the exaggerated portrayal of an industry in crisis.

Although installation rates have fluctuated over time, the sector has still managed to install about 668, 000 meters on average each year, according to the statement.

The minister added that centralized financing and government-backed initiatives are anticipated to expedite deployment beyond the current rate, ensuring that the metering gap is effectively addressed.

The government has taken significant steps to significantly improve metering across the nation to close this bind. By 2026, the Distribution Sector Recovery Programme (DISREP) will have delivered 3,205, 101 meters.

“This will be accomplished through various procurement models,” according to 1 437, 501 meters through International Competitive Bid 1, 217, 600 meters through National Competitive Bid (NCB), and 1, 550, 000 meters through International Competitive Bid 2 (ICB2).

The first batch of 75, 000 meters under ICB1 is anticipated to arrive in April 2025, followed by the second batch of 200, 000 meters in May 2025.

The N700 billion Presidential Metering Initiative (PMI) is another significant step toward accelerating metering, in addition to the DISREP. The Minister continued, “The initiative is structured to ensure large-scale meter procurement and deployment,” adding that it has already secured N700 billion from the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC).

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According to him, a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) has been set up to oversee the initiative’s implementation. The government wants to deploy two million meters every five years, with the first batch of two million meters scheduled to be available by the third quarter of 2025.

According to the minister, these well-planned interventions provide a clear strategy for closing the metering gap.

Further, the statement goes on to say that while the metering gap is still a problem, the idea that it will take more than ten years to fix is misleading.

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former LP candidate Peter Obi are among the prominent politicians negotiating to join the Social Democratic Party (SDP). &nbsp,

Adewole Adebayo, the SDP’s presidential candidate for the 2023 election, claims this.

Adebayo stated that the SDP, which recently welcomed a former Kaduna State governor and All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, is in talks with Atiku and Obi’s men.

“We are welcoming the people who are joining my party. You can tell from the way I greet them. The only small issue with some of them is to alter the culture, which is what it means to be in a society where rules are not taken seriously,” the SDP chieftain said on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics. &nbsp,

We are dealing with that because some of them are engaging in some Boy Scout and black market activities. But we welcome them back. El-Rufai, Atiku Abubakar, and even former governor Peter Obi are all scheduled to visit. We will welcome the arrival of many people.

Adebayo responded to a question regarding whether Obi, a former governor of Anambra State, is joining the SDP, saying, “Such, until someone joins, we don’t know.” However, I’ve been informed that they are speaking, and the Financial Secretary (SDP) has also. So we’ll all be welcome.

People applauded us transparently at our convention in 2022, with no court case, crisis, allegations, and we don’t become a tower of Babel. If we do that, people will follow the rules and allow one person to emerge without question, without cheating, without criminality.

We will defeat the APC and resign President Tinubu to Lagos or wherever he chooses, “if they stick to our culture, follow our approach to the SDP, and produce a good alternative to Nigerians.”

After receiving about six million votes, Obi, who has the support of millions of young Nigerians, came third in the most recent presidential election.

Bola Tinubu, the APC candidate, placed second in the poll taken by Atiku.

The Federal Government is determined to find a lasting solution to Plateau State’s ongoing attacks and killings, according to National Security Advisor (NSA) Nuhu Ribadu.

Ribadu made a promise to put an end to the killings while speaking at the state’s Bokkos Local Government Area LGA headquarters in Jos during an operational visit.

In attacks on five communities that left over three hundred houses burned by suspected herdsmen in a week, over fifty people were killed.

The Plateau State Government also made an official visit to some of the affected communities in the form of Samuel Jatau, the governor’s secretary, to find out the extent of the damage and provide relief supplies to the victims.

Adu emphasized the urgency of the Federal Government to stop the ongoing homicides and attacks.

The District Head of Manguna also wants the government to hire more security personnel in the affected areas to stop rural-urban migration in response to the killings.

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NSA CHECKS OUT PLATEAU COMMUNITY SECURITY BREACH, SAYS FG ADDRESSING SECURITY BREACH

The Federal Government is currently taking action against the recent security breach in some communities in the Bokkos Local Government Area of… pic, according to National Security Advisor Mallam @NuhuRibadu. twitter.com/Ftg6yQcec6

Yohanna Michael, a member of the Hurti community in the area, described how, despite the fact that the search for the missing is still ongoing, over thirty people were interred in a community grave.

More than 700 people were displaced from their ancestral homes, and the government needs to intervene and send more security personnel there to help them return to their homes and continue farming.

FG Is Advised To Step In, ACF Requests.

The recent frightful attacks in the North-Central State have sparked the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF)’s outcry.

The socio-political group demanded that the federal government intervene and put an end to the Plateau killings in a statement released on Sunday.