Taraba Facts

By Nick Dugba On  December 4th,1981, a group known as the Taraba Movement, made a request to the National Assembly requesting for the creation of Taraba state. It is however not a secret that Taraba state is well endowed with resources, both human, and material. The Gateway into the City of Jalingo -Taraba State Capital. The only secret perhaps is the myriad of untapped human and material resources hidden in the State.  What an irony! Will nature by which we pride ourselves as our gift, forgive us if we fail to utilize its potentials? Anyway, over the span of 25 years, Taraba has been able to create a niche for itself on the agricultural map of Nigeria,  but it could have done more if there was better political will by successive governments. The same goes for mining, trade, and commerce. But for the intermittent conflicts between communities, Taraba state would have developed more than what it is today. What about tourism?  With the...

– President Buhari’s proposed bill to the National Assembly has caused controversy in the country – Senator Yusuf Yusuf representing Taraba Central senatorial district has condemned the president’s proposed bill – He also commended the president for waging war against corruption Senator Yusuf Yusuf representing Taraba Central senatorial district The vice chairman Senate committee on science and technology, Senator Yusuf Yusuf has said that the alleged call by President Muhammadu Buhari was uncalled for in view of the enormous powers he already possessed. He was reacting to alleged plan by the president to seek approval of the National Assembly  for emergency economic powers  to tackle the current economic challenges. “The issue of emergency powers or economic emergency powers is becoming a very controversial issue and I think we need to be cautious about how we handle such matter in the country today. “In the...

The Taraba Commissioner for Health, Dr Innocent Vakkai, on Monday warned communities in the state against rejecting poliomyelitis vaccines. Vakkai gave the warning in Jalingo in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). According to him, there are reported cases of rejection of vaccines by some people in Sintali, Kona, Ambaliya and Turaki areas of the state. He wondered why people would still be rejecting vaccines, “in spite of two weeks of sensitization, organised to enlighten people on the importance of polio vaccination''. Vakkai said that government was exploring ways of convincing people to accept the vaccines, stressing that non-compliance would attract sanctions. “Before the flag-off of this year’s polio vaccination campaign on Sept. 26, we had sensitised various stakeholders on the need for total compliance. “We will continue to liaise with stakeholders in these communities to ensure that every child, from five years and below i...

  The Taraba State Executive Council has lifted the embargo placed on employment into the state civil service. According to the Executive Council, the decision to lift the ban was taken, based on the draft White Paper Committee Report on the verification of transfers and employment in the State Civil Service from the month of November, 2012 to May 2015. All members of the council accepted the White Paper Committee Recommendations and collectively agreed that in the process of engagement of staff in the service, due process should be followed through advertisement of vacancies. They agreed on the need to take into consideration geographical spread and that all employment in the state civil service should be made on the strength of presentation of genuine education and professional certificates as against the statements of results or testimonials. The Taraba State Executive Council also agreed on the need for all the state-owned institutions of h...

The Chairman, state fadama technical committee,  Isaac Mela made the remarks during the national coordination office technical assistant’s visit to Taraba state. He said  the function involved town hall discussion and field visit to Fadama III additional financing production cluster farms. Isaac Mela who is also the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, said due to the dwindling petroleum prices in the world today,  the federal government places a high premium on agriculture which is adopted by the administration of Darius Dickson Ishaku. He explained that because of the importance attached to the agricultural sector,  the state government had settled its counterpart fund to attract world bank grant  for Fadama III additional financing beneficiaries in the state. Isaac Mela who  commended the team for their visit to the  state, praised the Fadama III management for the corrections observed for the benefit of farme...

For his service to humanity, Kwararafa University Wukari, Taraba State has named its library after the mother of former Defence Minister Gen Theophilus Danjuma. The late Rufkatu Asibi Kuru Danjuma, a woman of limited western education, saw the power of education and ensured that her son Theophilus Danjuma went to school. She was said to have felt disappointed when Theophilus Danjuma abandoned a B.A History programme at the Nigeria College Zaria to join the Army, which though, has made him famous. The N34m-library has a capacity of 300, physical collection of 10,000 books including journals and other publications, a media section and an e-library which gives access to 1.5 million publications across globally recognised channels. The university authority said Danjuma was rewarded because of his immense contribution to the nation’s education sector, particularly to the development of the Kwararafa University. An impressed Danjuma donated the sum of N20m to the university while ...

The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Senator Jummai Alhassan, has said the Taraba State Government has refused to release relief materials provided by the federal government for distribution to the internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the state.  Addressing IDPs gathered at the Federal Science and Technical College (FSTC) Jalingo yesterday, the minister said the relief materials which comprised 10, 000 metric tons of maize were deposited with the state government for safe keeping by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). “You may wish to note that Mr President had earlier directed all ministers in the six states of the North East to go back to their respective states and conduct the distribution exercise and by this directive, 10,000 metric tons totaling 12,000 bags of maize were allocated for distribution to IDPs in Taraba state. This items were delivered to Taraba State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) for safe keeping with clear inst...

  The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Senator Aisha Alhassan, has accused the Taraba State Government of maltreating and intimidating some perceived supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC). READ MORE  Taraba govt victimizing APC supporters — Mama-Taraba - State Government  Reacting to the minister’s claim, the Chief of Staff, Administration to Governor Ishaku, Mr. Rebo Usman, dismissed the allegations that the APC supporters were being victimized or discriminated against in the state. Usman challenged Sen. Alhassan to produce the list of the APC members who were being victimised, describing the allegation as “a figment of imagination of some members of the party who were bent on running down the PDP government”. While stating that the people of the state were now benefitting from the politics of Governor Ishaku, the chief of staff wondered why the APC leader in the state was making such statements. He noted the fa...

TARABA and five other states of the North East are to benefit from a $250 million intervention provided by the African Development Bank‎ (ADB) in order to develop the region.   The other North East states that will benefit from the grant include; Borno, Adamawa, Yobe, Gombe and Taraba states.   Leader of the Bank's delegation, Mrs Rosemond Offei-Awuku, disclosed this  in Bauchi on Saturday at a stakeholders meeting with representatives of various ministries and government agencies.   The meeting which was held  to discuss the various‎ areas of interventions which the money would be disbursed and channelled into.   She said that the grant will enable the bank to key into the rebuilding efforts of the Nigerian Federal Government for the North East region.   She noted that, out of the amount, $150 million will be channeled into the water and sanitation sector while the remaining $100 million will be used for socio-economic interventions in vari...

The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Senator Aisha Alhassan, on Sunday said the ministry was establishing rehabilitation centres in the six geopolitical zones of the country for women affected by violence of all kinds. Alhassan disclosed this at a press conference in Jalingo, Taraba State while highlighting the achievements of the Buhari Administration in the last one year. She said the move was aimed at checking the increasing cases of abuse of women’s rights in the country and catering for those already affected. She said the ministry was also pushing for the enactment of relevant acts that criminalised violence against women and children in all the 36 states of the federation. She said: “In keeping with the promises of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration, rehabilitation centres are being established in the six geopolitical zones of the country. “We are also going round the states of the federation to push for enactment of relevant acts...