Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has rolled out more than N30 billion this year alone to bolster security across universities, polytechnics and colleges of education in Nigeria. Chairman of the TETFund Board of Trustees, Alhaji Aminu Masari, disclosed the figures in Katsina on Tuesday, noting that the investment has...
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Tertiary Education Trust Fund, (TETFund), has said it is leading efforts to prepare Nigeria’s tertiary institutions for a digital and knowledge-driven future. Chairman, TETFund Board of Trustees, Rt. Hon. Aminu Bello Masari, made the remarks on Monday at the Lagos edition of the 2025 National Town Hall Meeting held...
National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) has begun deploying upgraded technology across colleges of education as part of efforts to strengthen teaching and learning nationwide. Executive Secretary of NCCE, Prof. Paulinus Okwelle, who disclosed this in Abuja during an interaction with journalists, said that the commission is also...
As part of measures by the Federal Government to alleviate students’ accommodation challenges in public tertiary institutions in Nigeria, the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has commissioned a 244-bed female hostel at Ken Saro-Wiwa Polytechnic, Bori River State. The commissioning was performed by the member representing the South-South Geopolitical...
Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Arc. Sonny Echono, has called for a comprehensive overhaul of Nigeria’s education system to better prepare graduates for the contemporary workforce and address rising youth unemployment. Making remark at the 13th convocation lecture of Nile University in Abuja on Tuesday,...
Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has concluded plans to establish fire stations in public universities across Nigeria as part of efforts to strengthen fire safety and protect national assets within higher institutions. The Executive Secretary of TETFund, Arch. Sonny Echono, disclosed this on Thursday when the Comptroller-General of the...
Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Arc. Sonny Echono, has called on the Public Service Institute of Nigeria (PSIN), to develop a core of officers that can respond to the fast-changing dynamics of governance, and elevate the quality of their service to meet the changing needs of...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Tertiary Education Trust Fund, (TETFund), has commissioned two landmark projects worth N4.089 billion at the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, IBBU, Lapai, Niger State, executed under its 2023 Special High Impact Intervention and 2020/2021 merged interventions. The projects which are the Remodelled University Senate Building...
Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), will in November commission a new electric campus transportation scheme across selected tertiary institutions to ease the mobility challenges faced by students nationwide. Executive Secretary of TETFund, Arc. Sonny Echono, disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja during a courtesy visit by a delegation of...
As part of efforts to improve power supply in tertiary institutions across the country, the Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETfund), Architect Sonny Echono has announced that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s approval of N200 billion additional funding through other sources to address the issue of power on...
Former Speaker of the House of Representatives and immediate past Governor of Katsina State, Rt. Hon. Aminu Bello Masari, will deliver the keynote address at the 2025 Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) Annual Conference. The confab is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, October 9, 2025, at the...
Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has commissioned two landmark projects at Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS), further strengthening the institution’s capacity for teaching, learning, and research. The projects – a state-of-the-art 1,150-capacity lecture and conference hall at the university’s permanent site, and a fully equipped block of laboratories for...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Arc. Sonny Echono, has called on Nigerian tertiary institutions to urgently embrace technology in teaching, research, and administration, warning that billions of naira already invested in ICT infrastructure risk being wasted due to underutilisation. Echono...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has said its new multidisciplinary research laboratories will enable researchers to conduct all types of research locally, eliminating the need to send samples abroad for analysis. Specifically, it said six of such laboratories are being established across the country....
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has approved the disbursement of N4,249,626,817.69 for the funding of 158 research projects under the 2024 National Research Fund (NRF) Grant Cycle of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund). This approval followed the recommendation of the TETFund National Research Fund Screening...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) has conferred an Honorary Doctorate Degree of Doctor of Science in Public Administration (DSc Honoris Causa) on the Chairman, Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) and former Governor of Katsina State, Rt Hon Aminu...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has issued a warning to beneficiary institutions that fail to properly utilize funds allocated for intervention projects, saying such institutions risk being delisted. Executive Secretary of TETFund, Arc. Sonny Echono, gave the warning on Tuesday in Abuja during a...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Tertiary Education Trust Fund, (TETFund), has assembled a team of experts to commence the selection of ten beneficiary universities for the establishment of mechanised commercial farms and livestock operations in its 2025 intervention. Chairman of TETFund Board of Trustees, Hon. Aminu Bello Masari,said the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Nigerian researchers have unveiled a new homegrown, market-ready prototypes developed through a groundbreaking initiative backed by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) Speaking at the Science Granting Councils Initiative (SGCI) Demo Day and Closing Ceremony in Abuja on Wednesday, the Executive Secretary of TETFund,...