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GOVERNOR JANG SEEKS CLOSER
TIES WITH ITF |
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The
Governor of Plateau State, Da Jonah Jang has sought
closer ties with Industrial Training Fund (ITF) towards the realisation of
the State’s 10-point Agenda of repositioning |
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Da
Jonah David Jang who made this appeal when he received the Director General
and other members of ITF management specifically requested ITF’s intervention in the areas of manpower capacity
building, wealth creation and education. Stressing the need for a closer
working relationship between the Plateau State Government and the ITF, the
Governor advised the ITF Jos Area Office to
commence discussions with the Ministry for Trade and Industry and other
relevant Ministries in order to work out areas of partnership with the State. |
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Appreciating
the Fund’s remarkable achievements in its 36 year history, he lamented that
little was known about the Fund and advised the ITF Management to redouble
its efforts at creating awareness for the Fund. Da
Jonah Jang commended the Federal Government for appointing a |
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Earlier
in his speech, the Director General Professor Longmas
Sambo Wapmuk expressed
the willingness of ITF to collaborate with Plateau State Government in the
training of the State’s workforce. Wapmuk said that
the Fund has been identified as one of the key catalysts for the realization
of President Umar Yar-Adua’s
seven point agenda aimed at making |
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The
DG, who identified the Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) and enhanced skills training as critical areas that
can turn the fortunes of the national economy and place the country on the
path of economic growth, said the Fund, was investing all its energies in these
areas. Averring that the ITF had capable Human Resources experts in all
fields, he expressed the readiness of the ITF with the State in providing the
training requirement for the State Government’s 10-point Agenda. |