Taraba State Governor, Arc. Darius Dickson Ishaku
today flagged off the Women and Youths
Empowerment and Skills Acquisition Training, a
brainchild of the Rescue Watch.
Governor Darius Ishaku who flagged off the
handwork component at the Jolly Nyame
Stadium, expressed delight in fulfilling on his
electioneering campaign promises in the areas
of economic empowerment and the provision of
self-employment opportunities to the women
and teeming youths of the State.
Represented by the Commissioners of
Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation, Hon. Abba
Akawu Zagga said the programme is timely
considering the hardship that is being faced not
only in the State but also throughout the country.
Abba Akawu Zagga maintained that the nine
areas identified are areas that are very strategic
in turning the fortunes of the people around by
engaging them in vocations that would better
their lives and that of their families and also
contribute towards turning the economic
fortunes of the State for the better.
He commended the Rescue Watch team for
carefully selecting 336 participants across the
168 political wards of the State with two
representatives from each political ward with
Yangtu Development Area inclusive.
The Cooperatives and Poverty Alleviation
Commissioner explained that the event is the
climax of the flagging off programme which
started last week in Zing, Wukari and Kurmi as
respective centers for the three Geopolitical
zones of the State, with Zing and Wukari as
training centers for participants in traditional
dress weaving while Kurmi is to benefit from
soap making.
Explaining further, Abba Zagga stated that, those
that will be trained in the arts of Carpentry,
Computer Appreciation, Hair dressing, Shoe
making, Tailoring, Welding and Woodcraft are to
undergo their vocational training in Jalingo
adding that most of the resource persons in
these areas have their training centers in Jalingo
and it would be difficult to move their machines
across the three zones which necessitated the
choice of Jalingo in the six vocations.
Accordingly, the participants that will undergo
training in the six skills cutting across the three
political zones will be trained in Jalingo owing to
the fact that Jalingo Business School is involved
and have most of the facilities needed for the
training programme.
He used the opportunity to call on all the
participants to be fully committed throughout the
period of the training and appreciated the
Rescue Watch team for the diligence in carrying
out the task, stressing that this administration is
determined to uplift the standard of living the
people of the State, particularly those at the
grassroots.
Similarly, the resource persons took the
opportunity to encourage the participants to be
dedicated and open to learning skills that will
impact on them for the rest of their lives and
make them better and productive persons in the
society.

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