Amid a planned tariff hike in July, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said the number of Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) customers in
Nigeria increased from 11.06 million in the fourth quarter of 2022 to 11.27 million in the Third Quarter of 2023.
The report focused on energy billed, revenue generated, and customers by DISCOS under the reviewed period. It said in Q1 2023, the number of metered customers stood at 5.31 million from the 5.13 million recorded in Q4 2022; this indicated a 3.61 per cent increase.
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