By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has said it is introducing a Special Intervention to address the issue of incessant power failure in the nation’s tertiary institutions. Chairman, Board of Trustees of TETFund, Hon. Aminu Masari, disclosed this on Wednesday while inaugurating the steering...
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By JOHN ONAH, Abuja- Professor Mahmood Yakubu is a Nigerian academic and the current chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Born in 1962 in Bauchi State, Nigeria, Yakubu has had a distinguished career in academia and public service. Yakubu’s academic achievements are impressive. He graduated with a...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has said it is taking steps to boost transnational education in Nigeria by partnering with British institutions. This is even as it announced that it would reallocate the savings from its suspended overseas scholarship programme to fund in-house...
President Bola Tinubu has urged Gov. Abba Kabir-Yusuf of Kano State to resolve the ongoing land dispute between Bayero University Kano and neighbouring communities. Tinubu made the appeal on Saturday in Kano during Bayero University’s 39th convocation ceremony. The president was represented by the Minister of State for Education,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – . The management of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has received report from its adhoc committee on medical simulation and innovation interventions with a strong recommendation for government to incorporate medical simulation in the education curriculum. The committee also urged the Federal Government to...
Industrial action that may cripple academic activities in the nation’s public universities is imminent following a plot allegedly hatched by the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF) in cahoots with officials of the Federal Ministry of Education to frustrate the release of about N300 billion University...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) and the Nigerian Academy of Engineering have formed a partnership to bridge skills gaps in the country. The collaboration was formalized through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Abuja on Monday. Speaking, the Executive Secretary...
The Federal Government has allocated N940.5 billion to the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) in the 2025 fiscal year, to enhance manpower and infrastructure development in the education sector. President Bola Tinubu stated this on Saturday at the 42nd Founders’ Day and 33rd Convocation of the Federal University of...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has reiterated its firm opposition to the proposed Nigeria Tax Bill 2024, warning that its implementation will have devastating consequences for public universities across the country. Speaking during a press conference in Jos on Thursday, the Bauchi...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Sokoto Zone, has expressed concerns over the proposed Tax Reform Bill before the National Assembly, warning that the bill is a deliberate attempt to dismantle the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETfund), a vital source of funding for...
The House of Representatives has directed the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) to provide a detailed breakdown of its 2024 allocations. It also urged TETFund to present the 2025 budget estimates to beneficiary institutions before further implementation. This resolution followed the adoption of a motion by Rep. Sulaiman Gumi...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called on the National Assembly to reject any provision of the Nigeria Tax Bill 2024 that undermines Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund)’s effectiveness and existence. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that TETFund is a scheme established by the Federal...
By JOHNSON MOMODU The legendary Nelson Mandela did describe education as a formidable weapon useful to positively reset the stability and progression of society and humanity. But in Nigeria, education has virulent enemies who curiously revel in chaos, misinformation, and distractive mischief. What is the best way to derail...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) Students Wing, University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID), has joined the growing opposition to the controversial tax reform bills. The leader and spokesperson of the CNG, UNIMAID branch, Comrade Fatima Abubakar, at a press conference held on Friday at the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund, (TETfund), has disclaimed reports on the social media that it paid the sum of N325 million to the Adamawa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), for running the party’s activities in the state between October 2023 and...
Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Nyesom Wike has backed ongoing calls for the amendment of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) to accommodate the Nigerian Law School in its interventions. Wike announced the support at the inauguration of the construction of 10-unit housing quarters for the Nigerian Law school,...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The presidency has clarified that the tax reform bills will not eliminate key agencies like TETFUND, NASENI and NITDA. Special Adviser to the President (Information & Strategy), Bayo Onanuga, said in a statement on Monday that the bills aim to simplify the tax system,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Board of Trustees of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has approved the suspension of the foreign component of the TETFund Scholarship for Academic Staff (TSAS) Intervention The Director, Public Affairs, TETFund, Abdulmumin Oniyangi, said in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, that the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, has stressed the need for institutional collaboration in driving National development. Air Marshal Abubakar who made indication during a courtesy visit to the Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Architect...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund, (TETFund), has said it is introducing a Special Intervention in Medical Simulation and Innovation under its 2025 Intervention. Chairman of the TETFund Board of Trustees, Hon. Aminu Bello Masari, said the move, which is part of the fund’s commitment...