Minister of State for Power, Hajia Zainab Kuchi
Chineme Okafor in Abuja

The Federal Government yesterday said it had set aside N220 million in the 2012 budget to enable the Hydro-Electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC) to commence initial operations.
Minister of State for Power, Hajia Zainab Kuchi, who disclosed this to journalists at a meeting of officials of the Ministry of Power with Secretaries to the State Governments (SSGs) involved with HYPPADEC in Abuja also stated that budgets for the commission’s operations were provided for in the 2010 and 2011 financial years but lost to non-existence of a framework for the commission.
Kuchi, however, explained that although the 2012 budget year was almost coming to a close, the N220 million budgeted for the commission in 2012 will not be lost as it were in previous years considering the existence of a legal framework for the smooth takeoff of operations of HYPPADEC.
She said in her response to requests from the SSGs that: “The ministry is in the position to attend to your requests but we must take them in and provide answers to the ones we can. There is an ongoing amendment to the Act establishing HYPPADEC and I think it is to establish the percentage derivable to the states in terms of revenue.
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