The Cross River State Government has appealed to the management of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) to provide special support to the state in providing infrastructure for the newly established University of Education and Entrepreneurship, owned by the state. The state governor, Senator Bassey Otu, who made the appeal during a recent visit to TETFund headquarters in Abuja, particularly …

The House of Representatives has vowed to address the challenges hindering tertiary institutions from accessing the N500 billion Tertiary Institutions Trust Fund intervention fund lying unaccessed in the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The House Committee on TETFund and other Services disclosed this during a courtesy visit to the Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, represented by Deputy, Dr. Hadiza Balarabe, …

We had cultivated new relationships during our one-year service to fatherland as participants in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). Beyond encountering fellow alumni of our alma mater, we had made new friends from other institutions across the country, from other ethnicities in our multicultural fatherland. One year, 365 days which we considered eternity when we were inaugurated into the …

The Senate Committee Chairman on Appropriations, Senator Olamilekan Adeola has promised that the Nigeria Senate will continue to support the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETfund), to advance tertiary education in the country, through the enactment of relevant laws. Senator Adeola, who made the promise while commissioning some projects worth over N2 billion, donated by TETFUND to some higher institutions in …

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) yesterday commissioned new structures built by it worth over N4.5 billion at Gombe State University (GSU). The structures include those at the faculty of pharmaceutical sciences, faculty of education, faculty of arts, social and management sciences, faculty of law, 250-capacity drama theatre, university clinic and female hostels III and IV among others. Speaking at …

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has released N550 million to the Kaduna State College of Education, Gidan Waya to address insecurity. Receiving Kaduna State Governor, senator  Uba Sani, who visited the headquarters of the agency in Abuja on Monday, TETFund’s Executive Secretary, Mr. Sonny Echono noted that the disbursement was beyond the normal allocations, adding that the agency also …

House of Representatives members have paid a scheduled visit to the main campus of Lagos State University, Ojo, for an on-the-spot assessment of TETFund-funded projects in the university. The delegation, led by a member of the House representing Kosofe Federal Constituency, Hon. Kafilat Ogbara, was on the Ojo Campus as part of the investigative exercise being carried out on TETFUND …

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has said the recent monetary policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria has created difficulties in the payment of foreign scholarship tuition and stipends. Its Executive Secretary, Sonny Echono disclosed this at a one-day Stakeholders’ Engagement on Emerging Issues with the TETFund Intervention in Abuja on Wednesday. Echono said since the fund’s allocation was …

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), on Monday, said it increased its yearly intervention for Information and Communications Technology from N15 million to N100 million for universities in order to ensure that institutions meet up with the present digital reality globally. TETFund also stated that over two million students and members of the academic community in tertiary institutions across the …

The former Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Prof. Suleiman Bogoro will deliver the fifth anniversary lecture of Penpushing Media, scheduled to hold 25th July in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital. According to a statement by the event’s Planning Committee Chairperson, Dr. Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi; and Secretary, Mr. Sina Adefolahan, the renowned development expert’s paper would centre on, ‘Burden of …