Jalingo Times.

ES TRS mass Education Board Obadiah Andrew Agbu lauds North East Development Commission for the recognition. Executive Secretary Taraba State Mass Education Board Mr Obadiah Andrew Agbu said its Literacy skills programs cut across all boards. Mr Obadiah Andrew Agbu in an interview said the board has engaged deaf and dumb as well as lame and crippled in its program to give them needed skills that will aid their quota the development of the state. According to him the resilience shown by the Deaf and Dumb Students in acquiring Education is encouraging. The Executive Secretary they will continue to impact knowledge to masses to be literate and productive in the society. Obadiah commended the North East Development Commission head of Operations Joshua Sangari for visiting the Adult and Skills acquisition centre headquarters Jalingo. He said during the fact finding visit the Head of Operations Joshua urged the trainees st the centre to take their studies ...

By Keke Jako. Taraba State has been rated high in consumption of illicit drugs in the country. State Commander of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA Taraba State Command, Nanzing Daniel Sallah made the revelations while hosting State Officials of the Nigeria Union of Journalists,NUJ in his office in Jalingo. Nanzing Daniel Sallah said the consumers of the drugs in the state fall between the age brackets of sixteen and forty six years, saying they consume hard drugs such as Cannabis Sativa AKA Marijuana,Codine, tramadol, methamphetamine AKA Ice among others. The State Commander remarked that this ugly trends is aided by the activities of the drug traffickers who used the state as a transit in the business attributing the high rate of criminal activities in the state to drug abuse. He said the Agency has not been resting on its oars to ensure the issue is addressed and has made several arrest as well as siezures of such hard drugs in the state. He applauded the state gover...

Chairman Nigeria Union of Journalists NUJ Taraba State Council Mathew Eliud Jen has restated the readiness of Journalists to keep the public abreast of happenings in the society. Mathew Eliud Jen stated this during familiarisation visit to the Sector Commander Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC Taraba State Command headquarters in Jalingo. The Chairman said the core responsibilities of Journalists is to inform,educate, and enlighten the public hence the reassurance for sustaining the tempo by publicising activities of thr Corps. He told the sector commander that they were in his office to seek for partnership in carrying out their duties and to also appeal that the FRSC Taraba State Command will organise and sponsor training for Journalists in the state on its activities. Mathew Jen commended the FRSC Taraba State Command for its relentless efforts in protecting lives and property in the state, describing its Ember Month campaign in the state as timely. Responding, the Commander Federal R...

Obadiah Ando's Committee submits Report to Doctor Agbu Kefas. The committee Saddled with the responsibility of streamlining Ministries, Boards and Parastatals has submitted its report to the Taraba State Governor Doctor Agbu kefas. Receiving the report at the Government House Jalingo, the governor expressed satisfaction with the committee work and promised to implement it. Agbu kefas said the committee has done well and assured that the he will not drift from the report. On training of senior civil servants which the committee recommended the Governor said that his Government will prioritize the training and retraining of civil servants to achieve better results. The Governor noted that his administration inherited a lot of challenges that he has to surmount. The Governor remarked that he set up the committee to correct wrongs in the system and assured that there is going to be a white paper on the implementations. He commended the committee for the pains taken effor...

The newly elected chairman of Sardauna local government Council Honorable Mohammed J Umar has been given a rousy welcome by the good people of the area in Gembu. On arrival to Gembu the Administrative headquarters of Sardauna, the chairman and his entourage paid to courtesy visit on the Chief of Mambilla His Royal Majesty Dr. Shehu Audu Baju II.  Speaking during the visit the Head of Service of the local government area Dr. Joseph Peter Diah appreciated God for the journey mercies and warmth welcomed accorded the Chairman and his entourage. Joseph appreciated the people of Sardauna for supporting him while serving as the Head of Local Government Administration HOLGA and urged them to extend same gesture to the new leadership of the council. While thanking the Royal father for his fatherly advice and support Joseph encouraged the Chairman to work diligently for the development of the area.   He urged the Chairman to be a detrabalise leader as that will aid him to...

Taraba State Mass Education Board graduates 55 learners in Jukun and Hausa languages in Wukari. Executive Secretary Taraba State Mass Education Board Mr. Obadiah Andrew Agbu has reiterated the  commitment of the board to promote literacy in the society. Obadiah Andrew Agbu disclosed this in the interview  that recently the board graduated fifty learners mostly women in Wukari Local Government Area. He revealed that the graduates were taught Jukun and Hausa languages as thirty are awarded  Basic Certificate in Jukun Language while twenty five received Basic Certificate in Hausa language  He remarked that the development is in collaboration with Jukun,Wapan Literacy and Language Development,NBTT, project. Agbu called on spirited individuals, philanthropist, corporate organisations,Non Governmental Organizations NGOs and Faith based organization to open literacy centres to help reduce the illiteracy rate to the barest minimum. The Exe...

Keke Moses  Jalingo. Value Chain Development Program VCDP  committed to promote food security in Taraba State. State Project Coordinator Value Chain Development Program Mr. Irimiya Musa said the programme is committed to complementing Government's efforts to  boost food production in Taraba State. Irimiya Musa in an interview with our reporter in Jalingo said the project which focuses its activities on rice and cassava value chains has profiled over twenty thousand farmers with twelve thousand seven hundred farmers that have benefitted from its intervention. The areas of intervention included input and equipment supports, capacity building, and provision of ancillary services such as farm access road, market stores and stall, powered solar boreholes and aggregation centres, among others.  Musa revealed that that in its eight years of operations in Taraba State said about fifty percent of farmers profiled have been assisted to boost their productions. Irimiya Musa sai...

Thirty Person Living with Disability are to receive literacy skills in Jalingo local government area. Executive Secretary Taraba State Mass Education Board, Mr Obadiah Andrew Agbu disclosed this in an interview with our reporter in Jalingo. The Executive Secretary said the training is courtesy Value Chain Development Program in collaboration with the mass Education Board. Obadiah revealed that the training  will equally exposed participants to entrepreneurship skills to boost farming business particularly rice and cassava. He applauded the State Project Coordinator Value Chain Development Program, VCDP Mr Irimiya Musa for deeming it fit to partner with the Board to give farmers literacy skills. He revealed that the partnership has led to establishment of more adult education centres in Wukari,Bali, and Jalingo local government areas to its already existing centers. The Executive Secretary commended the Governor Doctor Agbu Kefas for prioritizing Education sector this w...