Nigerian electricity customers refuse to pay DisCos N343 billion bill, make 1 million complaints

  • Power consumers in Nigeria have left a huge debt to electricity distribution companies.
  • Aside from the debt, over a million customers laid complaints of different sorts with NERC
  • According to NERC report, more than 12 million customers in Nigeria have been metered

Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has stated that it received over 1 million complaints from electricity consumers, even though they owed electricity distribution customers (DisCos) a total sum of N343.50 billion in 2022.

NERC made this disclosure in its recently released 2022 annual report and financial statements, offering a comprehensive overview of its operations, financial resources, and assets.