Nigeria international customers wey be Togo and Benin Republic dey owe $28.33m (wey be N37.44bn) for services wey dem render for three years.

If you check the annual reports wey Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) release from 2023 to 2025, you go see say na money wey dem suppose pay for services wey dem use to carry electricity from generation plant go reach di state electricity company of those countries.

E no be money for di electricity wey dem generate for dem sef.

Dem put this money for Market Operator (MO) hand — na di name dem dey call Transmission Company of Nigeria before dem split am.

Di report still show say Nigeria get three international customers — Benin, Niger and Togo — and all of dem get total bill of $183.5m for di services.

Dem dey supply dem through dia state-owned utility companies wey be Societe Nigerienne d’electricite (NIGELEC), Societe Beninoise d’Energie Electrique (SBEE) and Compagnie Energie Electrique du Togo (CEET).

Di reports talk say out of di $183.5m services, di companies don pay $155.17m. If you break am down: for 2023, di three companies get bill of $53.55m but dem pay $50.36m, so balance wey remain na $3.19m.

For 2024, dem get bill of $56.04m but dem pay $42.06m, so balance wey remain na $13.98m. For 2025, di bill go up to $73.91m but dem pay $62.75m, so balance wey remain na $11.16m.