N-HYPADDEC procures N2bn starter packs for youths empowerment -MD
By Mohammed Baba Busu
The New Hydropower Producing Areas Development Commission (N-HYPADDEC) has procured starter packs worth N2 billion that would be distributed to unemployed youths in its catchment states.
Its Managing Director, Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq-Yelwa, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Minna.
Sadiq-Yelwa said, “These packs will soon be delivered to the commission and they will be distributed thereafter.
“The distribution is expected to be inaugurated by the First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu in Minna and will also be launched in the various states by the wives of the Governors,” he explained.
Sadiq-Yelwa also said that the commission was working hard to complete and inaugurate the resettlement schemes in Muregi, Ketso in Niger and Kogi
He said, “We have pay attention to facilitating the construction of the housing scheme in Muregi, Ketso and Shiroro areas in Niger and Kogi.
”We decided to do that in order to prepare our minds for the challenges that will come forth as a result of the heavy rain fall some of our communities are likely to witness.” the MD said.
This, he said, was in view of the likely flooding in some of the riverine communities in the commissions catchment states.
Sadiq-Yelwa also said the commission was working hard to complete and inaugurate a drainage scheme in Agaie, Niger for some communities being threatened by River Kaduna.
He said, “There are certain villages in that Agaie local government that the river Kaduna is trying to upset and we are trying to see what we can do about that.
”This is in an effort to provide succour and prepare for the flood with appropriate channels so that it will not be causing havoc to that community any longer.
“We will appropriately channel the expedited flood waters, hence saving the lives and properties of the residents of the affected communities.
”We have also completed the programme of providing about 70 blocks of three classrooms for 70 communities in different parts of the HYPADDEC states
“We are also on the verge of furnishing those schools and will soon be handed over to those communities./ We have also commissioned the Koton Karfe drainage scheme and in another community in Benue.”
Sadiq-Yelwa said that the commission had inaugurated the Barkmi Ladi Mobile Police Base in order to provide security to that community that was always threatened by the activities of bandits.
He further stated that the commission has also facilitated efforts to complete the Patigi drainage scheme in Kwara, ading that it has reached 90 per cent completion and that they were hoping to inaugurate it in August this year.(NAN)
