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TETFund boss laments tertiary institutions’ reluctance to adopt technology

Fadiran Ifeloluwa August 19, 2025

The Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Sonny Echono, has expressed concern over the reluctance of certain tertiary institutions to adopt technology to enhance teaching, research, and administration in the country. Echono, while urging Nigerian tertiary

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TETFund establishes laboratories to end overseas sample testing

Fadiran Ifeloluwa August 12, 2025

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) announced that its newly created multidisciplinary research laboratories will allow researchers to carry out all forms of research within the country, removing the necessity of sending samples abroad for testing. It stated that six of these laboratories are being set up nationwide. The Executive Secretary of the Fund, Sunny […]

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TETFund to Set Up 68 Innovation Hubs in Universities

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 24, 2025

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has revealed its intention to establish 68 innovation hubs in universities across Nigeria. While receiving a team from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) at the agency’s headquarters in Abuja, the Executive Secretary of TETFund, Sonny Echono, stated that UNDP initiatives such as innovation, skill acquisition, and

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TETFund Threatens Action Against Underperforming Beneficiary Institutions

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 10, 2025

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) on Wednesday issued a strong warning to institutions that benefit from its interventions but fail to appropriately utilise the allocated funds for projects, stating that such institutions risk being removed from the list of beneficiaries. The Executive Secretary of TETFund, Arc. Sonny Echono, gave this warning in Abuja during

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TETFUND completes 687 projects within two years

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 6, 2025

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) has completed no fewer than 687 capital projects across various tertiary institutions in Nigeria over the past two years. The Executive Secretary of the fund, Mr Sonny Echono, made this known during the foundation-laying ceremony for the ₦4 billion Senate Building at the Federal University of Kashere (FUK) on […]

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Nigeria Becoming a Center for Skilled Workers—Echono

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 14, 2025

Mr. Sonny Echono, the Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), has stated that Nigeria is increasingly recognized as a center for skilled labour that is in demand around the world. He made this known over the weekend during an interaction at the Vanguard Newspaper’s annual Personality of the Year Awards, where he […]

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We’re not giving more importance to physical infrastructure than research—TETFund

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 28, 2025

The head of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Sonny Echono, has stated that the organization is not placing a higher priority on physical infrastructure in higher institutions over research. Echono provided this clarification during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja. “The truth is that we are doing […]

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TETFUND Boss Advocates for University Autonomy

Fadiran Ifeloluwa February 23, 2025

On Saturday, the Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, Mr. Sonny Echono, called on both the Federal and state governments to provide universities with complete autonomy. Echono made this appeal while delivering a convocation lecture titled “University Autonomy and the Challenge of Quality Tertiary Education in Nigeria” at the Federal University,

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TETFund Chief Honoured for ‘Advancing Education’

Fadiran Ifeloluwa November 13, 2024

The Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Sonny Echono, has been awarded the title “Champion of Educational Advancement Nigeria” by the Education Writers Association of Nigeria (EWAN). According to EWAN, the award recognises Echono’s “transformative influence in tertiary education, with a focus on enhanced accessibility, quality, and