By Elder Josiah Bitrus Habu
As the Taraba State Bioentrepreneurship Innovation and Solutions Agency (TASBISA) marks one year since the inauguration of its Governing Board, the Agency has reaffirmed its commitment to innovation, entrepreneurship, technology development, investment promotion and the transformation of Taraba State’s abundant biological and agricultural resources into sustainable economic opportunities.
The anniversary provides an opportunity to reflect on the purpose for which TASBISA was established and to renew the collective commitment of its Management, Staff, Partners and Stakeholders towards achieving its mandate.
TASBISA was not established merely as another Government Institution. It was conceived as a strategic platform for harnessing science, technology, innovation and entrepreneurship to convert the State’s biological and agricultural resources into value-added products, viable enterprises, employment opportunities and sustainable economic development.
As the Agency enters its second year, its Staff are being encouraged not to regard their responsibilities as routine employment, but a call to creativity, professionalism, integrity, teamwork, discipline and measurable productivity.
Every Staff member, irrespective of rank or department, has a role to play in building an institution that delivers tangible results. The guiding questions must continually be: What value am I adding? What problem am I solving? What innovation am I contributing? And how is my work advancing the development of TASBISA and the economic prosperity of Taraba State?
The Agency is therefore committed to fostering an institutional culture where ideas are developed, technologies are applied, enterprises are created, partnerships are strengthened and opportunities are generated for the people of Taraba State.
TASBISA also extends an open invitation to farmers, researchers, entrepreneurs, innovators, youths, women, investors, universities, financial institutions, development partners, traditional institutions and private-sector organisations to actively engage with the Agency.
Stakeholders are encouraged to bring forward their ideas, innovations, technologies, challenges and investment proposals so that opportunities can be identified and developed collectively.
Through strategic collaboration, Taraba’s agricultural and biological resources can be transformed into competitive products, industries, businesses and jobs.
Taraba State is endowed with enormous natural and biological resources. However, the future will not belong simply to those who possess resources, but to those who can apply knowledge, science, technology and entrepreneurship to create sustainable value from them.
Consequently, TASBISA’s focus in its second year and beyond will increasingly be centred on ACTION, RESULTS AND IMPACT.
The Agency seeks to be recognised not merely by its name, offices or structures, but by the enterprises it creates, innovations it supports, investments it attracts, technologies it develops, jobs it stimulates and lives it transforms.
The one-year anniversary is therefore a renewed call for collective responsibility and purposeful action.
To the staff of TASBISA, the Agency is not merely a workplace; it is an institution entrusted to us to build.
To the people of Taraba State, TASBISA is not merely a Government Agency; it is a platform through which ideas, knowledge and resources can be transformed into economic opportunities.
To Investors, Development Partners and the Private Sector, Taraba State remains open to innovation, enterprise, technology and productive partnerships.
As the Agency commemorates this important milestone, it calls on all Stakeholders to embrace a shared vision of a more innovative, entrepreneurial and economically prosperous Taraba State.
TASBISA: Innovating Today, Creating Opportunities, Building Taraba’s Future.
Elder Habu is The Executive Vice Chairman, Taraba State Bioentrepreneurship Innovation and Solutions Agency (TASBISA)
