Communities hosting the hydro-power dams in the country will benefit from the Hydro – Electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC) as the commission kicks off.
Chairman, Governing Council, HYPPADEC, Joseph Terfa Ityav, stated this in Minna during the inaugural meeting held weekend at the headquarters of the commission.
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Ityav said the commission would come up with a robust personnel training for effective and efficient service delivery.
HYPPADEC Managing Director, Abubakar Sadiq Yelwa, said no state would be surcharged in terms of staffing and structure.
“The commission shall formulate policies and guidelines for the development of hydroelectric power producing areas; conceive, plan and implement, in accordance with set rules, projects and programmes for the development of hydroelectric power producing areas” he said.
