By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Executive Secretary of (TETFUND), Arch. Sonny Echono has debunked some media reports alleging that TETFUND has waived sanctions for the erring lecturers who failed to attend conferences for which they were paid. Arch. Echono, who debunked the report in a statement issued on...
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By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Management of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has described as fake the Approvals-in-Principle (AIP) quoting outrageous sums as allocations to some institutions that are not even beneficiaries of such funds. This was disclosed In a statement made available to NATIONAL ACCORD on Thursday...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), is transforming tertiary institutions in the country to produce graduate that can be globally competitive with necessary skills and innovation The Executive Secretary of TETFund, Arc Sonny Echono stated this during a visit to INNOVATEHUB in Abuja. He...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has recommended the termination of contracts and sanctions for erring contractors handling projects in institutions benefiting from its various interventions. Executive Secretary of TETFund, Arc Sonny Echono, disclosed this in Abuja on Saturday, at the 2021 Annual General...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) on Monday in Abuja began the disbursement of allocation papers for direct intervention funds approved by the presidency to public tertiary institutions in the country. The latest interventions which runs into billions of naira, saw each beneficiary institutions,...
By RICHARD ABU, Lafia – The Nasarawa State University, Keffi (NSUK) has commenced series of activities leading to the hosting of the 6th combined convocation ceremony which comes up on Thursday, March 30th, 2022. Briefing members of the university”s alumni and other members of the public, the Vice-Chancellor of...
The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has assured that the Federal Government will continue to invest hugely in education to boost the quality of teaching and learning in the country. Adamu made the pledge in a message he sent to the 33rd convocation ceremony of the Federal College...
Executes over 10,000 projects nationwide By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Chairman, Board of Trustees (BOT) of Tertiary Education Fund (TETFund), Kashim Ibrahim-Imam on Monday disclosed that between 2019 and 2021, the fund has disbursed over N300 billion as interventions fund in about 226 tertiary institutions across the country...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has said its investment in research was geared towards innovation and national development. This was contrary to some reports on some media platforms crediting the Executive Secretary of National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), Prof. Idris Muhammad Bugaje...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Speaker of Cross River State House of Assembly, Bar. Eteng William, has given reasons why the state budget size was increase from N276,279,960,667,35 as presented by the governor Ben Ayade to N54,505,535,313,25 The Speaker, who presided over the Committee of the whole House after...
Nigeria’s Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFFund) has described the consistent contributions of Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo) to education in Nigeria as exemplary and worthy of emulation by other corporates. The Executive Secretary of TETFund, Prof. Suleiman Elias Bogoro, and the Chairman of the Board of Trustees,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Professor Suleiman Bogoro has said that the proposed digitalization of libraries in the nation’s tertiary institutions would help checkmate plagiarism in the sector. Prof. Bogoro, stated this while answering questions from newsmen during a One-day Workshop...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Government says it has released N6 billion to enhance teaching, periodic curriculum review and development in six colleges of education across the country. The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, stated this on Saturday at the 6th – 35th combined convocation ceremony...
The House of Representatives has passed the bill abolishing dichotomy between first Degree holders and Higher National Diploma (HND) holders in the same field for the purpose of employment. The bill passed its final stage at green chambers on Tuesday in Abuja, when members voted at the Committee of...
Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has said Nigerian universities must be repositioned to take the lead in research and innovation, to improve their ranking globally and promote economic development. The TETFund Executive Secretary, Prof. Suleiman Elias-Bogoro, said this at the opening of a two-day workshop on ‘Requirements for Strengthening...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has dismissed reports published by online newspaper, SaharaReporters, which accused the agency of malpractices in the conduct of staff promotion exercise and non-publication of disbursement of funds on its website. A statement signed by Mr Abdulmumin Oniyangi –...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) says N6,396,159,060.00 has been approved for 217 research proposals recommended by the National Research Fund (NRF) under the 2020 grant cycle exercise. The approval of N6.3 billion 2020 grant is an improvement over that of 2012 to 2019...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja The Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Alhaji Ahmed Idris, has called on the Association of Bursars of Nigerian Universities (ABNU) to put in place a think tank that will generate ideas to enhance effective management of the nation’s treasury. Speaking at the opening ceremony...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has expressed hope that the annual allocation to the National Research Fund (NRF) will hit N10 billion in 2022. Executive Secretary of TETFund, Professor Suleiman Bogoro, said the agency’s Board of Trustees had recently approved N8.5 billion as...