By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Arc. Sonny Echono has been recognized with the Nigerian Patriotic Leadership Excellence Award in Education Development by the Nigerian Patriotism Award. This first edition of the prestigious award Which took place on Wednesday in...
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By JOHN ONAH, Abuja The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) is set to host a five-day Research Exhibition scheduled for the 17th of November, dedicated to showcasing the latest innovations and groundbreaking research. The event, which is set to bring together researchers, inventors, and creators to share their cutting-edge...
The House of Representatives Committee on Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) and Related Services has pledged to engage with tertiary institutions to address challenges in accessing crucial intervention funds. The Chairman of the committee, Miriam Onuoha, made the pledge on Thursday when she led the committee’s members on a...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Government has called on the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) Board of Trustees and the governing councils of some federal tertiary institutions to leverage their expertise to drive significant improvements in quality and performance across educational establishments. The Minister of Education, Professor...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has promised to sustain its investment in Nigerian Army institutions. Executive Secretary of the Fund, Arc. Sonny Echono stated this when he led top management of TETFund on a courtesy call on the Chief of Defence Staff,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of some Nigerians to serve on the board of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund). The appointees, according to a statement on Tuesday by his spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale, are: Alhaji Aminu Masari, Chairman, Sen. Sani Danladi, member...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has denied a report accusing it of deliberately omitting some names of a group of Nigerian lecturers studying under the sponsorship of TETFund Scholarship for Academic Staff (TSAS) from Presidential bailout. Debunking the allegation in a...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Ahead of planned protest over hardship in the country, the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has charged Nigerian students to be on the watch out in all campuses and protect school infrastructure by ensuring that hoodlums do not infiltrate the campuses to cause...
T By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has been awarded the 2024 Anthology Visionary Award for its outstanding leadership in advancing education through technology. A statement issued by Abdulmumin Oniyangi, Director, Public Affairs, TETFUND, said the feat was made possible through the agency’s significant...
The House of Representatives expressed dissatisfaction over failure of the Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Sonny Echono, to appear for an investigative hearing to defend the activities of the agency. The Chairman, House Committee on Federal Character, Rep Idris Wase, did not hide his...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja The Tertiary Education Trust Fund, (TETFund) has charged lecturers overseeing career centres in colleges of education to develop skills in modern technology and pass on relevant knowledge to students to make them employable and competitive with their peers globally. Executive Secretary of TETFund,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – In a bid to correct the constant and deliberate attempt in some quarters to present the academic/professional development (training) programmes being implemented under Framework Agreements (MOUs) as procurement contracts, the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has explained why Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Federal Government has reiterated it readiness to provide equipment for research in the country. The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja at the inauguration of the reconstituted TETFund National Research Fund Screening and Monitoring Committee (NRFS&MC) and...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal has appealed to the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) for an increased intervention fund to the state to boost infrastructural development in some state-owned tertiary institutions. Lawal who made the appeal on Thursday in Abuja when he paid...
The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Kayode Egbetokun, has said the Nigeria Police Force will soon establish a full drone system to tackle the nation’s security challenges adequately. Egbetokun said this while delivering the first distinguished Personality Lecture, organised by the TETFUND Centre of Excellence in Multidisciplinary Studies (TCEMS),...
The House of Representatives Committee on Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) has queried the Executive Secretary of the agency over the slow process of accessing funds by tertiary institutions in the country. Rep. Miriam Onuoha, the chairman of the committee, said this during an oversight function for the...
ASUU wants Tinubu to intervene in its demands The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called on President Bola Tinubu to look into the yearnings of the union to reposition the nation’s tertiary institutions. The union decried the neglects of its demands by the past administrations, saying the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) and the Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) have opposed the growing trend of converting public colleges of education to universities. They described the development as disturbing, considering the important role colleges of education play in...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has decried the neglect of the education sector, saying Nigeria ranks lowest in education budgets across the West African sub-region. ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, said this at a One-Day Workshop on ‘Emerging Areas of Students Needs in Beneficiary Institutions’, organised...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has funded over 5,525 physical infrastructural projects and provided over 576 faculty/departmental libraries in tertiary institutions across the country. Executive Secretary of TETFund, Arch. Sonny Echono disclosed this while presenting a paper at the 26th seminar of Nigerian...