President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved N5 billion for investment in research activities for 2024 through the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) National Research Fund. The Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, announced this while addressing reporters before the commencement of this year’s edition of TETFund National Research Fair and Exhibition on Sunday in Abuja. The minister said the initiative …

As the five-day Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) Research and Exhibition Fairs opens on Sunday at the Eagles Square in Abuja, the agency’s Executive Secretary, Arc. Sonny Echono challenged Nigerian inventors to come forward to showcase their talents with the possibility of being supported by the Fund and other anticipated investors. In a chat with newsmen, Echono clarified that the …

The Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Arc. Sonny Echono, has bagged the award of “Champion of Educational Advancement Nigeria” Award from the Education Writers Association of Nigeria (EWAN). According to EWAN, the award “highlights Echono’s transformative influence in Nigerian tertiary education, with a specific focus on enhanced accessibility, quality, and institutional development through the TETFund”. “From …

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 …