History of Taraba State Polytechnic

The establishment of Taraba State Polytechnic was initiated by the Administration of Navy Captain A.A. Afolahan in 1991. The Administration of Rev. Jolly T. Nyame put in place the necessary machinery for its take-off with the aim of commencing admission of qualified candidates into pre-National Diploma and National Diploma courses.

The Edict Establishing the Taraba State Polytechnic was signed into law by the then Military Administrator, Col. Yohanna Dickson in 1994. This Edict was later amended by the Taraba State House of Assembly and came into enforcement on the 16th December, 2011.

The Technical Education Department of the College of Education Jalingo and the Staff Development Centre, Jalingo was taken over in 1994 to become the College of Science and Technology (CST) and college of Administrative and Business Studies (CABS) respectively.

Source: tarabapoly.edu.ng