Taraba State Government has reiterated its determination to train more women and youths in many vocational skills that will enhance their living
standard to fast track development in the State.

Governor Darius Dickson Ishaku said this today
when he undertook an on the spot monitoring of
both trainers and trainees in their respective
places of training with a view to ensuring that all
the trainees have reported at their respective
areas for the training exercises.
Represented by the Chief of Staff Government
House, Hon. Rebo Usman stated that, the
inspection exercise is going to be continuous in
order to ensure compliance on both the trainers
and the trainees.

Rebo Usman maintained that the Rescue Watch
has already taken off, stressing that it is the
beginning of positive signs that women and
youths in the State will actively participate in
activities that will have impact on them and the
Society at large.
He said time has come to look inward
considering the hardship people of this country
are facing at the moment and pointed out that
the vision of Arc. Darius Ishaku is to fashion out
ways that the people of the State will be self
reliant and able to cope with the harsh economic
reality of the country.
The Chief of Staff reiterated Governor Ishaku’s
resolve to get more vibrant women and youths in
the State into learning trades to sustain
themselves and be of help to their families since
Government may not be able to provide white-
collar jobs for all her Citizens.
Accordingly, Hon. Rebo Usman disclosed that
those that will be trained will be equipped with
all the tools for the various trades they will have
to learn so that when the get back to their
respective places they will be able to stand on
their own, asserting that this time around
participants will be adequately catered for and
their allowances will be promptly paid and which
is meant to boost their moral in order to be
dedicated and committed to the trades they have
chosen.

He added that the programme is expected to last
for three months which requires intensive
training on the part of the trainers, pointing out
that Government will only partner with outfits
that have lived up to the terms and conditions
spelt out, stressing that the era of wastage is
long gone and trainer that fails to operate within
ambit of the agreement will be made to refund
the money paid to such training outfit.
The Chief of Staff who doubles as the
Coordinator of the Rescue Watch pointed out
that Government will not condone any act of
truancy on the part of the trainees with a
warning that any trainee that is found wanting
would be shown the way out because
Government has committed huge resources for
them to be trained and become useful to
themselves, the Society, State and the Country at
large.

Hon. Rebo Usman further disclosed that other
areas that are not captured in the training would
be looked into with a view to capturing all human
endeavours that will give meaning to the people
of the State.
Also speaking during the inspection visit, the
Special Adviser on Manifestos and
Implementation, Hon. Sadiq Mbulo advised the
trainees to be dedicated to their chosen
vocations in order to derive maximum benefit of
Government’s huge investment in their training.
Hon. Sadiq Mbulo also used the opportunity to
tasks all the trainers to always log the attendance
of each trainee so that Government will be able
to monitor the level of commitment of each
trainee with a view to knowing whether a trainee
is actually committed to the trade he or she has
picked to learn.


While on the part of the Ministry of Cooperatives
and Poverty alleviation which is the supervisory
Ministry, the Permanent Secretary, Mallam
Lawan Yakubu said the Ministry is poised to carry
out its duty diligently in order to be apt with the
responsibility bestowed on them by the
Governor.
Lawan Yakubu maintained that, the ministry will
ensure total compliance with the ideals of the
present administration which is built on making
lives meaningful to all Tarabans and added that
the Ministry has already divided the staff of the
Ministry into groups so that there will be
effective supervision exercise, asserting that the
Ministry cannot afford to betray the trust that the
Rescue Mission has reposed on them.
Most of the trainers visited appreciated
Governor Darius Dickson Ishaku for giving them
the opportunity to train people so as to become
better persons in the Society and assured the
team that they will do their best in order to meet
the time frame.
They called on Government to ensure that the
laudable programme that is meant to teach
people to become better persons in the Society is
sustained, positing that it will help reduce
criminality in the State.
The trainees also, appreciated Governor Darius
Ishaku for coming to their rescue through the
Rescue Mission of his administration and for
fulfilling his campaign promises, assuring that
they will do their best to justify huge Government
spending on them.
The places visited by the Rescue Watch team
included, three shoes making outlets, three
hairdressing salons, three tailoring centers, one
welding and fabrication outlet, Jalingo Business
School and a furniture making outlet all within
Jalingo metropolis.

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