How to pay electricity bills online in Nigeria
Energy (electricity) has always be one of the most important amenities in Nigeria. With that being said, the demands for paying electricity bills online is high because of the growing usage of prepaid meters in households.
Unlike using traditional meter, you would need to go to Nepa office to pay for your electricity bills, otherwise, the agency will we have your service wire cut.
The prepaid meter has brought many benefits to Nigerians, In addition to seamlessly paying of electricity bills online, nothing will happen to your service wires when you don’t have money to pay. Your electricity will just be interrupted until you recharge the prepaid meter.
In this article, we will review to you various apps you can use to sort out your electricity bills online. The payment is now seamless on almost all our bank apps and bill payment apps.
Best apps to pay for Electricity bills online in Nigeria.
Here’s the list of mobile apps that you can use to pay for your electricity bills online in Nigeria:
- Jumiapay: Jumiapay is a finance app owned by Jumia, the popular e-commerce site in Africa. Jumiapay offers bill payment services including electricity bills payment within its infrastructure. To use Jumiapay to pay for electricity bills, you will need to sign up on the app and fund your wallet.l from other bank account.
- Remita: Remita is a payment solution that helps individuals and business make and receive payment, pay bills and manage their finances across multiple banks. In the bill payment section of the fintech, you can seamlessly pay for your electricity bills. The fun part about Remita is that you don’t need to fund your account or open an account, you just need to use your ATM card or carry out “Pay by Bank”, a transfer service that allows customers to send money directly from their bank account without login to their banking app. Remita Electricity Bills Payment works for all divisions of Electricity agencies in Nigeria including Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) and Ikeja Electric.
Other notable mobile apps to pay for Electricity Bills online in Nigeria are;
- IkeJa Electric Mobile App
- BuyPower
- Kuda App
- iRecharge
- Utility wallet
- Your Bank App e.g UBA Mobile App, GTWorld, Zenith Bank e.t.c.
- IBEDC
- VTU.NG
- Cardtonic
In a nutshell, to pay for your electricity bills using any of the listed above finance mobile app, you will need to download the app from your phone’s App Store or use the website directly. Next, create an account on the app and fund your account using the designated bank account provided for you. Once the fund is successfully added, initiate the payment using your meter number.
