The Federal Government has directed all Electricity Distribution Companies in the country to patronise local manufacturers of metres and transformers.
The decision was reached at a meeting between officials of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission and the Electricity Meters Manufacturers Association of Nigeria.
The Director in charge of Industrial Development, Missus Awobokun Omotanwa, said the government is working to provide funding for the manufacturers to boost the local production of meters and electricity transformers.
The Secretary of the Electricity Meters Manufacturers Association of Nigeria insisted that the locally produced meters have a competitive edge over imported meters.
The Association and the Electricity Distribution Companies have been at loggerheads over the insistence of the DISCOs to continue to import meters at the expense of local producers.
