Plateau/Nasarawa Business Management School Studies cry for help

The first Proprietor of Mata Amablised organization of Nigeria, Plateau School of Business Management Studies, Plateau High school Jos, Beethoven College Jos, and Shendam Decency Private School Jos, training centre in Plateau Alpheus Chinedu Okafor has called for partnerships to address issues that will influenced the school survival in the North-central Nigeria.

He said the institution need the attention of Federal, State governments and the Alumini to revamp the deplorable stage of the school to compliment President Muhammadu Buhari agenda of engaging youth on vocational training skills.

Okafor stressed that the project would provide large scale employment to indigenous engineers, craftsmen, artisans, businessmen and employment army of youths in tackling restiveness.

He said, the school which was established way back in 1973 has trained many Nigerian on business and secretariat studies, and on how to handle office procedure and develop their administrative career training in government in collaboration with European experience in small scale industrial development, will benefit the North central and Nigeria.

He noted that there are many beneficiary of this training across the globe and most of them are doing very well in their field, he described the abandoned edifice which now becomes a den of reptiles as unfortunate to the economic issue.

Okafor appealed with alumni of the school in Rafin Pa (Laranto) in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau state to come to the rescue of the school.

Speaking on the challenges of the school, he expressed regret that since the 2001 crisis which broke up, no single Christian’s youth attend the school again because they are mostly afraid of being attack around the area.

He added that the aimed of establishing the school in 1973 was after his training in Europe, he came back to Nigeria with some white men and set up the school here in Jos with the sole purpose of bridging the wide gap between the privilege and less privilege ones in the society.

The European who came with me made ensure that youths whose parents cannot afford to send them to schools and are very intelligence were given opportunity to acquire vocational skills.

Okafor stressed that the intention of providing youth with vocational skills in business and secretariat administration gave birth to the building of quality training centre.

He lamented that the problem which affected the entire progress of the school was the Jos crisis, The Nigerian Nnewi born business man begged Old Boys of Plateau Business Management School, Federal and state government to ensure that the school bounce back to assist the people of north-central Nigeria in area of job creation.

Mr Okafor decried that the school which have branches in all the 17 local governments of Plateau need government urgent attention. He said the school administration made it a policy that professionals were employed to teach vocational skills and add value to the state civil service and this has paved the way for true professionalism in the service in Nigeria in the 80s.

"I challenge the present government to come forward and invest in vocational training of youths and also tell the Plateau people to take advantage of their program to develop their knowledge", he explained.