Worried by public outcry over the issue of metering in Nigeria, engineers under the umbrella of Nigeria Society of Engineers (NSE) have called for immediate solution to the problem.

This was coming at the heels of new plans by the Nigeria Electricity Regulation Commission (NERC) to address issues bordering on metering in the sector.

Speaking at a workshop organized by the NSE Apapa branch, in Lagos, Assistant General Manager, Networks and Engineering Standards, Tasiu Gidari-Wudil, disclosed the commission’s effort to save the situation by setting up a committee to investigate fraudulent activities with regard to metering.

Gidari-Wudil, who spoke at the event themed: ‘Effective Metering in Nigeria: A Win-Win Approach’, said only 46 per cent of customers of distribution companies (Discos) are metered and only three Discos have metered up to 50 per cent of their customers.