A top ranking member of the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC), Fidelis Obishai, has lent his voice over the prepaid meter controversy, saying that it would take over fifteen years for Electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOS) to solve the problem of metering in the country.
Obishai made this remark in Benin during a town hall meeting organised by Stakeholder Democracy Network (SDN), with support from MacArthur Foundation, on, ”Electricity metering gap, and engaging consumers for efficient energy utilization in Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC)”.
Describing the metering system as one of the major challenges facing them, Obashai said that the gap between those metered and those not metered was 46 percent.
He however said that it would be difficult for DISCOS to meet the gap.
According to him, “metering has been a major challenge to all DISCOS in the country. It will take fifteen years to solve the problem of metering.
“So, we are advocating the problem of independence of metering without government interference,” he added.
