The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) says it has budgeted a significant increase in annual direct disbursements in response to improvement in tax collections. The Executive Secretary of TETFund, Sonny Echono, made this known in Abuja on Tuesday at an Interactive session with heads of beneficiary institutions on...
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By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Executive Secretary, Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Arc. Sonny Echono, has pledged support for measures that will improve employment of graduates in Nigeria. Echono stated this on Wednesday during a national employability programme implementation support workshop held in Abuja. According to him,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has addressed recent concerns raised by some stakeholders over the plight of some Nigerian lecturers studying in foreign institutions under the TETFund Scholarship for Academic Staff (TSAS) programme, who are requesting for bailout by the Fund to cater...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has inaugurated an ad hoc committee on the establishment of central multipurpose laboratories in selected universities in the country. Inaugurating the committee on Monday in Abuja, Executive Secretary of TETFund, Arc. Sonny Echono, said the move was...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has sought for the support of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) to strengthen the infrastructural development of tertiary institutions in the state. The call came during a courtesy visit on the Executive Secretary of TETFund, Sonny Echono...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu, has called for more funding of tertiary institutions in the state by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund). The governor made the call in Calabar, Wednesday, when the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee to Investigate Alleged...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman has identified industry-linked research in the country’s Institutions of higher learning as key to national development. The Minister made the observation today in his office in Abuja while receiving briefings from Chief Executives of Parastatals and...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The move by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) to attract major international research grants to Nigerian scholars has received a massive boost as the European Union has committed to provide 440,000 euro to support shortlisted research teams in the country under the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas, has urged the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) to establish e-library, entrepreneurship training centres in higher education institutions in the state. The governor, who made the call during a visit to the Executive Secretary of TETFund, Arc....
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has reiterated its commitment to the speedy completion of its physical infrastructure interventions in Nigerian tertiary institutions. TETFund Executive Secretary Sunny Echono gave the pledge at the opening ceremony of a two-day workshop which the organisation held on Wednesday in Owerri...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) says the recent monetary policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has created difficulties in payment of foreign scholarship tuition and stipends.. Executive Secretary of TETFund, Arc. Sonny Echono, disclosed this at a one-day stakeholders...
Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has said that the north central governors have created a forum to enable them deliberate on addressing the region’s common concerns. Governor Mutfwang disclosed this when he received the adhoc committee on the investigation of the alleged abuse of N2.3 trillion of Tertiary...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, has called on the Tertiary Education Trust Fund’s (TETFund) to assist in transforming the education sector in the state. The governor, who made the call during a visit to TETFund’s Executive Secretary, Arc Sonny Echono, on Friday in Abuja,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – No fewer than 18 polytechnics lecturers drawn from across the country have successfully completed a training programme on Research for Impact (R4i) initiative put in place by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund). Speaking at the closing ceremony of the training programme in Abuja...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has raised alarm over recent surge in the activities of fraudsters impersonating it. The Fund’s Acting Director, Public Affairs, Abdulmumin Oniyangi, disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja. Mr. Oniyangi said the Fund was witnessing...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) says it is determined to bridge the digital skills gap between industries and academy. The Executive Secretary, TETFund, Sonny Echono disclosed this in Abuja on Monday at the 2023 train the trainer ICT Capacity Workshop for Beneficiary Institutions...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) , on Monday in Abuja, donated a 30-seater brand new Toyota Coaster bus to the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) to ease their movement. The Executive Secretary of TETFund, Arch. Sonny Echono, while presenting the bus, said...
The Plateau University, Bokkos, has confirmed that it receives N1.2 billion intervention from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund). Prof. Benard Matur, the Vice- Chancellor of the University, announced this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Bokkos. The vice-chancellor said “the grant...
BY RICHARD ABU, Makurdi – The newly established Federal College of Education (FCE) located at Odugbo in App local government area of Benue State recently held her maiden matriculation with the Provost of the College, Professor Joel Eriba expressing commitment to uplift academic and infrastructural facilities of the young...