Kebbi
2 Sep
The National Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (N-HYPPADEC), has called on the Federal government to declare state of emergency on flood-ravaged states to reduce its impact. Alh. Abubakar Yelwa, Managing Director of HYPPADEC made the call during a press conference on Monday in Minna. He said that 80 per cent of the states worst…
27 Aug
The National Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (N-HYPPADEC) has sympathised with farmers in Argungu Local Council and other parts of Kebbi and Niger States whose farm produce were destroyed by recent flood disaster. In a statement issued in Minna by the Head, Press and Public Affairs of the commission, Nura Tanko Wakili, he described…
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