Nigeria says foreign power buyers paid only 38% of electricity bills in Q3 2025.
International electricity customers owe Nigeria $17.8 million (about ₦25.3 billion) for power supplied under cross-border agreements, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has said.
In its Third Quarter 2025 report, NERC disclosed that power utilities in Togo, Benin, and Niger were invoiced $18.69m for electricity supplied during the period but paid only $7.13m, leaving an unpaid balance of $11.56m.
The debtors are Compagnie Énergie Électrique du Togo, Société Béninoise d’Énergie Électrique (Benin), and Société Nigérienne d’Électricité (Niger).
NERC said the electricity was generated by Nigerian power companies and delivered through bilateral cross-border arrangements.
The commission added that earlier unpaid bills of $6.23m, combined with new debts, brought the total outstanding amount to $17.8m as of the end of Q3 2025.
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According to the regulator, the foreign customers paid just 38 per cent of their total invoices, leaving more than half unpaid.
By contrast, domestic bilateral customers paid ₦3.19bn out of ₦3.64bn billed during the same period, a remittance rate of 87.6 per cent.
NERC said the figures reflect reconciled market settlements submitted as of December 18, 2025.
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