Local metre manufacturers agree to produce 25,000 monthly

Individual meter producers in the country under the aegis of Electricity Meters Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (EMMAN), have agreed to produce 25,000 meters monthly towards achieving the successful implementation of the Federal Government’s presidential initiative on metering scheme for Nigerians.in a joint communiqué issued at the end of a strategic meeting between members of Electricity Meters Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (EMMAN) and ZIKLAGSIS Networks Limited (ZNL) held in Abuja. According to the Executive Secretary, EMMAN, Mr. Muideen Ibrahim, who issued the joint communiqué, local meter manufacturers have resolved to ensure that their various factories work in full capacity to deliver on the metering needs.

He further disclosed that one of the major decisions taken at the meeting was that the local manufacturers would produce at least 25,000 meters monthly for a start and with a plan increase production gradually to meet the metering need and for ease of deployment. He also revealed that EMMAN and ZIKLAGSIS Networks Limited (ZNL) have requested from the Federal Government a twomonth lead-time from the day the contract is awarded and commitment made. While expressing their profound gratitude to President Muhammadu Buhari for the good initiative and to the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola (SAN), for his unflinching support for local manufacturers, they pleaded with the Federal Government to encourage local manufacturers to continue to be in operations to help reduce unemployment rate by allocating adequate forex to aid their continuous operations.

Mr. Ibrahim noted that the manufacturers are confident that the metering project would bring about economic revolution and development as it would create job opportunities for the teeming unemployed Nigerians as well as enhance transfer of technology to the country.