PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of the former Governor of Katsina State, Aminu Masari, as the chairman of the Board of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, made this known in a statement in Abuja, on Tuesday, …
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National Assembly Backs 18 years University Admission Age
THE National Assembly says it will come up with a robust legislation to support 18 years old as entry limit for admission into tertiary educational institutions. The Chairman, Senate Committee on tertiary institutions and TETFund, Sen. Muntari Dandutse, said this at the ongoing monitoring of the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation …
Read More »TETFUND Unveils BIMS For Tertiary Students
THE Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) has introduced the innovative Beneficiary Identity Management Service (BIMS), designed to optimize the identification and management processes for students and lecturers across tertiary institutions nationwide. Speaking at a distinguished educational summit, the Minister of Education, Professor Tahir Mamman, celebrated the BIMS as a the gateway …
Read More »TETFund To Establish Multipurpose Laboratories In Universities
THE Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has inaugurated an ad hoc committee on the establishment of central multipurpose laboratories in select universities in the country. The Executive Secretary of TETFund, Sonny Echono, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja while inaugurating the committee, noting that the move was part of efforts …
Read More »Governor Agbu Kefas Hails TETFund’s Interventions In Tertiary Institutions
The Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas, has commended the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) for its massive intervention projects across tertiary education institutions in the country. The Governor also urged the TETFund to establish e-library, entrepreneurship training centres in higher education institutions in the state. Kefas, who made the call …
Read More »TETFund Recommits To Ensure Accountability, Transparency
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has hinted that the Bureau for Public Procurement has agreed to partner with the Fund to ensure due process and seamless project implementation across institutions. The partnership would ensure strong measures in place to curtail abuses of Public Procurement Acts on the discharge of …
Read More »Zamfara State Governor Begs TETFund For Help To Revitalize Education
Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara has appealed to the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) for help to transform the education sector in the state. The governor, who made the call during a visit to TETFund’s Executive Secretary, Arc Sonny Echono, on Friday in Abuja, said Zamfara is not doing too …
Read More »Federal Government Yet Pay Us N323bn – TETFUND
Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has said the federal government is owing it the sum of N323 billion. Executive secretary of Fund, Arch Sonny Echono, disclosed this at an investigative hearing on the alleged missing N2.3 trillion in the Fund organised by an ad hoc committee of the House of …
Read More »Kano State Governor Seeks TETFund Interventions For Kano Varsities
Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State has called for more Tertiary Education Trust Fund intervention projects at the Yusuf Maitama Sule University and the Kano University of Science and Technology in Wudil. Yusuf made the call in Abuja during a courtesy visit to the Executive Secretary of TETFund, Sonny Echono. …
Read More »TETFund Engages NANS To Monitor Projects On Campuses
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), has engaged the officials and members of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) to monitor its sponsored projects in the over 250 beneficiary institutions across the country. The Fund also decried the challenge of poor accommodation in some higher institutions in Nigeria and …
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