Section 3: Establishment, membership and powers of the Governing Council (As amended by Section 2 of the Hydro-Electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (Amendment) Act, 2013)

(1)
There is established for the Commission a Governing Council (in this Act referred to as "the Council"), which consists of -
(a)
a chairman who shall be appointed on part time basis and shall preside over Council meetings;
(b) one person each who shall be from the affected
communities to represent-
(i) Benue,
(ii) Kebbi,
(iii) Kogi,
(iv) Kwara,
(v) Niger,
(vi) Plateau, and
(vii) any other State where hydro-electric power is generated.
(c)
two persons to represent other Non-Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas or States;
(d) one person each to represent Federal Ministry of -
(i) Power,
(ii) Environment,
(iii) Water Resources, and
(iv) Finance; and
(e) the Managing Director of the Commission.
(2)
The Chairman and other members of the Council shall be appointed by the President, subject to confirmation by the Senate, except the persons mentioned in section 2 (1) (d) whose appointments shall not be subject to confirmation by the Senate.
(3) The office of the Chairman shall rotate among the member States of the Commission in the following alphabetical order-
(a) Benue;
(b) Kebbi;
(c) Kogi;
(d) Kwara;
(e) Niger;
(f) Plateau; and
(g) any other State where hydro-electric power is generated.