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…says it will assist in developing host communities
From Charity Nwakaudu, Abuja
The Managing Director, Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC), Abubakar Sadiq,has applauded President Bola Tinubu for signing the electricity bill into law.
Sadiq stated this on Tuesday at the opening ceremony of the training workshop organised for Officers of the administrative dvision of the commission,themed: Developing Human Resource/Administrative Officers Competencies in the 21st Century to be facilitated by Centre for Management Development(CMD).
He explained that the five percent reserved for host communities of generating plants is commendable, insisting that it will assist in developing the affected areas.
Speaking on the achievements of the commission,he revealed that the Commission has been able to establish areas and states offices in all affected states of the Commission.
“It also identified 1,485 communities affected by rivers flooding their banks and we were able to set up one school in the 55 local government areas which fall under the commission’s mandate.”
He explained that HYPPADEC has constructed over 200 solar powered boreholes, among others, adding that over 50,000 patients have benefitted from the healthcare it provided, among other public centred projects it carried out.
He also added that the hydro commission recorded a significant reduction in perennial flooding incidents that ravaged communities in riverine areas, as he disclosed channelization has helped to reduce casualties.
