¤GENERAL
INFORMATION

Taraba State was carved
out of the former
Gongola State on 27th
August 1991 by the then
regime of General
Ibrahim Babangida.
Taraba State is named
after the Taraba River
which traverses the
southern part of the
state. Taraba's capital is
Jalingo.
Situated in the North
Eastern part of Nigeria,
Taraba State occupies
54,473 square kilometers.
Taraba state is bounded
in the West by Plateau,
Nassarawa and Benue
states, on the eastern
border by Adamawa State
and the Republic of
Cameroon, and on the
northern border by
Gombe State.

¤ECONOMY
The major occupation of the people of Taraba State
is agriculture. Cash crops produced in the state
include coffee, tea, groundnuts and cotton. Crops
such as maize, rice, sorghum, millet, cassava, and
yam are also produced in commercial quantity. In
addition, cattle, sheep and goats are reared in large
numbers, especially on the Manbilla Plateau, and
along the Benue and Taraba valleys. Similarly, the
people undertake other livestock production
activities like poultry production, rabbit breeding
and pig farming in fairly large scale. Taraba State is
among the leading states in the production of
livestock with its dairy farms at Jalingo, Gembu and
Nguorje.
Communities living on the banks of River Benue,
River Taraba, River Donga and Ibi engage in fishing
all year round. Other occupational activities such as
pottery, cloth-weaving, dyeing, mat-making, carving,
embroidery and blacksmithing are also carried out
in various parts of the State.

¤TOURISM
Taraba State is richly endowed with potentials for
the development of tourism, and mineral resources
and that include the recently discovering of uranium
in huge quantities in the state. In recognition of this,
the government has made concerted efforts to
improve areas of tourist attractions like Mambilla
Tourist Center, Gumpti Park and game reserve in
Gashaka, the Nwunyu Fishing festival in Ibi which
usually holds in April of each year where activities
such as canoe racing, swimming competition and
cultural dances were held.
Also effort is made to attract foreign investors to go
and invest in the natural resources that abound in
the state. Other festivals are Purma of the Chamba
in Donga, Takum and Bali, the Puje of Jukuns,
Kuchecheb of Kutebs in Takum and Ussa, Kati of the
Mambilla and host of others. Taraba is called
"Nature's gift to the nation" as the state is rich and
have many ethnic groups, including Chamba,
Mumuyes, Mambila, Wurkums, Fulanis, Jukun, Jenjo
Kuteb, Ichen,Tiv and Ndoro.
¤LEADERS
Rev.Jolly Nyame (1999-_2007) Zing LGA
Danbaba Suntai (2007 -2015) Bali LGA
Arch. Darius Ishaku (2015 - Date) Takum GA



¤Some of the major happenings include:

•Sani Danladi's impeachment
•Danbaba's plane crash(many celebrated)
•Alh. Garba Umar UTC
•Danbaba suntai's triumphant comeback(Greatest
celebration ever)
•Tsokwa's Death
•Utc's impeachment
•Sani Abubakar danladi(Contact) come back
•Dsk's campaign
•PDPs primary election
•Darius ishaku's nomination & wining
•Pdp crisis
•Religious politics
•Aisha Alhassan's campaign(money)
•Darius Ishaku's winning
•Re_election
•Tribnunal
•Appeal
•Supreme court ruling



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