Gov Kefas Appoints New Director-General, Taraba State Resource Center

MR. PAUL MAIGIDA TINO has been appointed as The Director-General of The Taraba State Resource Center according to a circular from the Office of the Secretary to the Government of Taraba State, Chief Barr. Gebon Timothy Kataps dated 4th February, 2025.

The Taraba State Resource Centre is aimed at advancing the Socio-economic development of the State by providing a centralized platform for research, training and re-training, capacity building particularly for public servants, educators and other stakeholders across various sectors in order to address the current gap in governance, public administration and socio-economic development through innovative solutions.

Mr. Paul Maigida Tino was born on 9th September, 1966 at Sabongida Tukura, Kurmi Local Government Area of Taraba State. He enrolled into Primary School at Sabongida Tukura in 1974 where he obtained his First School Leaving Certificate in 1980. Thereafter, he gained admission into the then Government Teachers College, Gembu in Sardauna Local Government Area of the State in 1981. After two years at Teachers College Gembu, he was transferred to Government Secondary School, Baissa in 1983. He successfully sat for Government Science Secondary School examination and was admitted into form 3 at Government Science School, Donga in 1983. He completed and obtained his GCE in 1986.

The quest to further his education propelled him to sit for College of Agriculture, Jalingo exams where he secured admission and studied a course in Animal Health at Diploma level in 1989. He got employed into the Civil Service on 19h November, 1990 with a Diploma result as Livestock Superintendent on salary grade level 07 in the State Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resource, Yola Gongola State. After working for some years, he secured admission into Federal University of Technology Yola where he graduated with a Degree, Bachelor of Technology, Animal Science Fisheries and Range Management in 1999. After his studies, he was posted to Head Divisional Livestock office at Sunkani, Ardo-kola Local Government Area.º•• Thereafter, to head the Livestock unit at the Directorate of Food and Agriculture Rural Integrated (DFRI) Jalingo. When the Taraba State Independent Electoral Commission (TSIEC) was created because of public interest, he was seconded to serve as Assistant Electoral Officer (AEO) in 2000 and later Electoral Officer representing Kurmi Local Government quota.

He had the passion to become an Administrator, he enrolled into the PostGraduate Diploma programme in Administration at University of Calabar in 2002 and at Federal University, Yola where he obtained Masters in Public Administration (MPA) in 2006. In 2007, there existed vacancies for transfer of service to fill Administrative cadre based on quota or state character principle, examination and interview was conducted, he was one of the successful candidates from Kurmi Local Government.

His first point of posting as Administrative Officer was in Home Affairs and Security Services (HASS), Office of the Secretary to the State Government. He was later deployed to State Emergency Management Agency on creation and served as Director of Planning Research and Statistics based on experience. And later Secretary of the, Agency. While in the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA). He secured another Masters Programme where he studied Disaster Risk Management (MDRM) at the University of Maiduguri in 2013. Before his appointment as a Permanent Secretary on May 5th 2023 he served as the Secretary of the Local Government Service Commission from 2018 to 2023 as well as the Director Administration on
GL17. He was appointed Head of the Civil Service of Taraba State on 3rd of February, 2024, the position he held until his retirement on the 3r of February, 2025.

He is married with three (3) children. His hobbies are reading, singing, dancing and livestock farming.