Taraba Facts

  Deputy Speaker House of Representatives, Hon. Ahmed Idris Wase Statement from Hon. Aminu Malle, former Memeber of the House Reps and Chief of Staff to Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives  Alhamdulillah. Slowly but surely by the grace of God we will get there some day. The bill for the establishment of FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE JALINGO has once again scaled through its third reading at the green chamber of our Parliament.  For clarity to those who do not understand the parliamentary procedure of making a Bill in to law, I ll like to first of all explain. One of the most important functions of Parliament is LAW MAKING. Parliament exercise their power to make laws through BILLS. Bill, as relates to law making, is “a draft of a PROPOSED law PRESENTED to parliament for DISCUSSION”. Section 58(1) of the constitution says ; “The power of the National Assembly to make laws shall be exercised by bills passed by both the Senate and the House of Representatives ...

TWENTY-FOUR years after its creation, public schools in Taraba State according to researchers, are still cup in hand begging for a face -lift from the relevant authority. Several public schools at both primary and secondary levels, they observed “ are in dilapidated condition following government lukewarm attitudes towards the sector.” The situation according to Raymond Enoch of the Center for Environmental Education and Development often made students and pupils from the state to come behind in national examinations and competitions. The research sponsored by the Center for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) noticed that basic teaching aids like computers, rulers, diagrams, chalk board, current textbooks, registers, lessons plans, schemes of work and regular supply of lessons note books are no where to be found in the public schools. The research, which was yesterday publicly presented to stakeholders in the state at the secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Teacher...