Presidency to Power Minister: Fast-track mass metering, Katsina Hybrid/Solar plant

Presidency to Power Minister: Fast-track mass metering, Katsina Hybrid/Solar plant

The Presidency has called on the Minister of Power, Bayo Adelabu, to prioritize the acceleration of the National Mass Metering Programme (NMMP) as part of ongoing efforts to reform Nigeria’s power sector.

This call was made on Thursday during a meeting between Hadiza Bala Usman, Special Adviser to the President on Policy and Coordination and Head of the Central Results Delivery Coordination Unit (CRDCU), and Bayo Adelabu, Minister of Power, Permanent Secretary, and Heads of Departments and Agencies within the Ministry of Power.

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This was contained in a statement on X (formerly Twitter) by the Central Results Delivery Coordination Unit (CRDCU) on Thursday.

The statement read, in part “This is part of the President Tinubu administration’s ongoing efforts to ensure continuous monitoring and improvement in the delivery of key ministerial mandates.” 

According to the statement, the engagement, conducted as part of the Tinubu administration’s agenda for impactful governance, focused on the Q1–Q3 Performance Assessment Report regarding Presidential Priorities and Ministerial Deliverables.

Launched in 2020, the NMMP is a metering programme setup by the Federal Government of Nigeria to provide prepaid meters for customers to ease the burden of meter acquisition.

Presidency to Power Minister: Fast-track mass metering, Katsina Hybrid/Solar plant