Taraba Facts

  The National Industrial Court holden at Jos has on Thursday, commenced hearing on the case between the Taraba State Government and 18 employees of the defunct Taraba Publishing Company Ltd. The employees sued the state government over the non-payment of their salaries since 2014, amounting to N79,917,507.60, and discrimination on the basis of their states of origin. They also claimed that while indigenes were absorbed into the civil service, they were abandoned by the government without any formal disengagement. The case came up for mention before Justice P.A Bassi with the suit number: NICN/JOS/12/2021 with Hosea Yunana and 17 others as claimants and Executive Governor of Taraba State, Taraba State Government, the Attorney General of Taraba State, Taraba State Commissioner for Information and the Taraba Publishing Company Ltd as 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th defendants respectively. During the session, Counsel to the claimants, A.Y Shagaiya Esq., told the judge that the 1st, 2nd, 3...

COMMUNITY members and commuters on the vital Takum-Kahimbilla Road in Taraba State, a major link road between the northern states and Cameroun, are finding it extremely difficult to connect with the rest of the state following the collapse of the road, which was constructed by the Shehu Shagari administration over 42 years ago. The increased rainfall in recent months has not only washed away portions of the road by has also cut off most of the users due to the emergence of deep ponds, potholes and gully erosion, thereby preventing heavy trucks and cars that covey farm produce from the mainly agricultural belt to the state capital and other parts of the country. Arewa Voice gathered that aside the damage done by gully erosion, activities of heavy duty trucks that convey construction materials to the Kashimbilla Power Plant site also contributed to the deplorable state of the road. As a result of the poor state of the vital road, commuters are now forced to manoeuvre through swathes of b...