30 Disabled person to receive training on Literacy skills in Jalingo.

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 will birthed development as people who are literate stands a better chance to make positive contribution to the development of the state.

Also commenting, the Rural Institution Gender and Youths Monitoring Officer,RIGYMO of Value Chain Development Program VCDP Mrs Altine Nuhu said the program is committed to promoting food security in the state.

Altine Nuhu revealed that the program has been functional for eight years in Taraba State has extended its services to train thirty Person Living with Disability literacy skills.

According to her the gesture is to ensure that farmers arr literate and equally obtain entrepreneurial skills.

Altine Nuhu said the VCDP focuses its attention to promoting rice and cassava production, as such the participants will be train on how to embrace modern method of farming Rice and cassava, processing and marketing of the product.

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