Nigerian Institute of Transport Technology to commence training in North East

The Nigerian Institute of Transport Technology, NITT, says it will soon commence training on transport and logistics management for the North East.

The Director-General and Chief Executive of the institute, Dr Bayero Salih Farah, made this known to journalists in Gombe, after inspecting the training facility in Kumo, Akko Local Government Area of Gombe State.

Dr Farah said, although preliminary activities had begun at the outreach centre, the institute hoped that more staff would be deployed to the centre within the next two months to begin full-scale training.

He said the institute, with its headquarters in Zaria, Kaduna State, was awarded certificates in diploma and advanced diploma courses in transport and logistics, up to the Masters level.

According to him, the training centre is being established in Kumo, Gombe State, because it was at the centre of the North East and would be accessible to other states.

According to Dr Farah, the tour of the facility will determine the kind of work needed to be carried out to complete the centre and make it fully functional.

The Director-General of the Nigerian Institute of Transport Technology said that the institute, as a dynamic industry that required knowledge and skills required regular improvement in training and skills.

“This is what we have been doing for the past 30 years. And our impact is visible and clear, such that in every state of this federation, you have people who have trained in NITT and are making their impact. In the transport systems of the states,” Dr Farah said.

He appreciated the support of the Gombe State Government and called for more collaboration, but encouraged the government to patronise the services of the NITT in the state.

Dr Farah also said the institute will introduce new certificates in Welding, Panel-Beating, car painting and other petty courses relating to transport and logistics in the future

He said the requirement for entry would be with a secondary school certificate, with which the holder would read a certificate course, after obtaining the form at the office in Kumo and is fully certified by the institute.

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