Today, 29th of October 2024 the area manager and management team of the Industrial Training Fund (ITF)
Yenagoa area office paid a courtesy visit to the Bayelsa State Due process Bureau and
also presented an award to the Director General of Due Process Bureau, Mr. Aaron
Nicodemus Timiye.
The ITF Team was led by the Area Manager, Engr. Aliyu Zakari, who introduced the
members of his delegation. The said this courtesy visit and award presentation was to
show appreciation to the Director General of Due Process Bureau for being the most
engaging agency of the of the government in the state and looks for improved
collaboration. He further stated that the ITF is a Federal Government Organization
established in October 1971 with its headquarters in Lagos to meet the training needs of
civil servants in the country and later the Headquarters was moved from Lagos to Jos. In
his remarks, he said the Director General Industrial Training Fund was supposed to do
the award present but he could not make it due to emergency official engagement.
The DG, Due Process Bureau, in his response said one of the key functions of the Bureau
is to train and re-train procurement officers and post them the procuring MDAs for
optimal performance. This prompted the engagement of ITF for the training of some of
our staff, which we are collaborating before today. The DG also use the opportunity to
request that ITF add procurement trainings to their training program for procurement
officers.
In presenting the Award to the Director General Due Process Bureau, the Area Manager,
Engr. Aliyu Zakari said ITF approved the award to DPB as the winner for the year 2023 as
recognition to the management, of ITF in appreciation for the regularly patronizing ITF
for trainings
Due Process Bureau DG, Hon. Aaron Nicodemus Timiye, thanked the ITF for their effort
in bringing up different training programs for the state civil servants.
Others in attendance were the Directors, Heads of Departments and Staff of the Bayelsa State Due Process Bureau.
