Section 82 Electricity Act 2023
Section 82 of the Electricity Act 2023 is about Establishment of the Establishment of the National Hydroelectric Power Producing Area Development Commission. It is under Part VIII (Establishment of the National Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission) of the Act.
(1) There is established the National Hydroelectric Power Producing Area Development Commission (in this Act referred to as “N-HYPPADEC”), which —
(a) shall be a body corporate with perpetual! succession and a common seal: and
(b) sue and be used in its corporate name.
(2) Any State where hydroelectric power is generated shall be a member State of the N- HYPPADEC,
(3) The office of the Chairman of the N-HYPPADEC shall rotate among the member States in alphabetical order and subsequently in the order in which new States become members of the hydroelectric power producing areas.
(4) Notwithstanding any provisions contained in any legislation, the composition of members of N-HYPPADEC shall include one person representing each of the remaining geo-political zones.
(5) The N-HYPPADEC shall approve payment of remuneration and other allowances to its staff of the N-HYPPADEC as are payable to persons with the equivalent grade in the Public Service o” the Federation and in similar agencies of the Federal Government”.
