Niger Electricity Subsidy Don Fall, DisCos Dey Reduce Light Wella

My people! Gist don land say electricity bill wey our power companies dey collect don reduce big time. For Q3 wey just pass for 2025, dem lose N80.56bn! Chai! Wetin happen?

According to wetin Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) talk, GenCos bill reach N782.46bn for dem 2025/Q3, but e don reduce from N863.02bn wey dem see for Q2. Who cause this palava? DisCos na dem, as dem don cut energy wey dem dey collect by 6.08%. Wetin this mean? E mean say e affect government subsidy at the same time.

The federal government’s subsidy obligation also drop from N514.35bn wey dem dey pay before, now na N458.75bn. NERC come carry mouth talk say this open-ended subsidy matter don dey make government sabi wahala because of those volumetric risks. You know as thermal generation dey increase cost? E don bcome wahala for pocket!

Dem still break am down say for Q3, the monthly subsidy wey government dey pay na: July – N163.7bn, August – N153.32bn, and September – N141.72bn. Na serious matter! Under the DisCos’ Remittance Obligation framework, dem dey use the subsidy cover the space between wetin customers suppose pay and wetin na actual bill.

For that Q3, total wey go NBET from DisCos na N323.70bn but dem remitted only N308.25bn. This na about 95.23% performance, so no too bad. But some DisCos like Kano, Benin, Jos, and Kaduna no dey do well o. Jos DisCo try small, as e improve by 4.29 percentage points. But Benin, Kaduna, and Kano no win again.

For transmission and administrative matters, na N73.03bn from N76.77bn wey DisCos remit, which show performance of about 95.13%. However, Jos and Kaduna still dey slack.

Experts dey yan say this energy offtake wey DisCos reduce go affect GenCos and at the end of the day, consumers go feel am too. So, wetin we go do? Na to keep our ears down for more gist! As e be, we just dey hope say light go improve make we fit enjoy small electricity!