RismadarVoice Reporters
August 31, 2026
The Industrial Training Fund (ITF) has commissioned a new fuel station in Jos, Plateau State, with a storage capacity of 47,600 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS).
The agency said the facility was designed to improve access to petroleum products for its workforce and support its operational activities in the state.
The Director-General of the ITF, Dr Afiz Ogun, commissioned the facility on Monday, describing it as part of his administration’s broader staff welfare programme.
Ogun said the project was conceived after he discovered that the location had previously served as a fuel dump for ITF vehicles.
According to him, the new facility will allow ITF employees to purchase fuel using their staff identity cards, with the cost deducted gradually from their salaries.
He said the initiative was intended to benefit all categories of workers, regardless of their positions within the organisation.
The director-general disclosed that the fuel station was among several projects being implemented under his leadership, including the construction of about 24 housing units and plans for new skills-development facilities.
He said the ITF was also working towards establishing what he described as West Africa’s first Digital Fabrication Centre in Ogbomoso and Nigeria’s first Skills Academy for secondary school students.
Ogun said the projects were aligned with efforts to expand skills development, entrepreneurship and workforce capacity across the country.
Earlier, the Director of Estate Management, Dauda Msheliza, said the fuel station was developed as part of the director-general’s three-pronged agenda focusing on skills acquisition, automation of ITF processes and staff welfare.
Msheliza said the facility occupies about 2,150 square metres of land that had previously been abandoned and underutilised.
He said the contract for the rehabilitation and modernisation of the site was awarded on May 16, 2025, while construction was completed in March 2026.
According to him, the station has a PMS storage capacity of 47,600 litres and provision for Compressed Natural Gas, although the CNG infrastructure has not yet been installed.
Msheliza commended the Estate Management Department, consultants, contractors and other stakeholders involved in the project.
He said the transformation of the previously unused site into a functional fuel station would improve the operational efficiency of the ITF and contribute to staff welfare.
Ogun, in his closing remarks, urged ITF workers to remain focused on their responsibilities and disregard rumours capable of distracting them from the organisation’s objectives.
He said the agency would continue to pursue initiatives aimed at improving the welfare of its workforce while strengthening its contribution to national skills development
