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TETFund installs kidney transplant equipment in 6 locations

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 23, 2024

Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has completed the procurement and installation of transplant equipment in six tertiary health facilities in the country to aid in the end-stage of renal disease management. Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (formerly Bayero University Teaching Hospital) in

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ABU signs a public private partnership agreement to build 1600-bed student hostels

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 15, 2024

Ahmadu Bello University, ABU, has inked an agreement with Student Housing Company Limited to establish 1600-bed hostels in the institution through a Public Private Partnership, PPP arrangement. On Monday, April 8, 2024, the University and the development holding business signed a cooperation agreement at Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria. It followed a proposal for the […]

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Ododo hails Tinubu for signing Student Loan

max Amuchie April 4, 2024

LOKOJA Sundiata post ) Gov. Usman Ododo of Kogi, has commended Bola Tinubu for assenting to the Nigeria Student Loan Act, which establishes the Nigeria Education Loan Fund (NELFUND). Reports that Tinubu, on Wednesday, signed the Student Loans (Access to Higher Education) Act (Repeal and Re-Enactment) Bill, 2024, into law. This comes after separate considerations […]

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TETFund spends over N23bn on research

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 25, 2024

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) stated on Monday that it has already spent more than N23 billion on research across the country. Dr Hadiza Ismail, Assistant Director of Research and Development (R&D) of TETFund, revealed this at a validation workshop in Abuja titled “Strengthening Research and Innovation Funding Agencies in West Africa”. Hadiza,

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FG to construct student hostels in 36 tertiary institutions

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 20, 2024

The Federal Government has announced plans to establish student hostels in 36 academic schools across Nigeria, with a promise to build more after the initial set is ready. Sonny Echono, Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), made the announcement during a meeting with the new leadership of the National Association of Nigerian […]

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TETFund allocates N25 billion to upgrade lab equipments and workshops in higher institutions

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 12, 2024

The Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Arc Sonny Echono, has revealed that the Fund has set aside N25 billion to upgrade equipment in laboratories and workshops at public universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education across the country. He added that this provision is part of the 2024 intervention budget, which addresses […]

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Ibadan Poly excels at the Tetfund research and creative writing event

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 2, 2024

The Tertiary Education Trust fund (TETfund), Abuja, hosted a Research for Impact Creative Writing Award. The Polytechnic, Ibadan (TPI) excelled as a team, winning two of the three awards during the research programme. The Polytechnic, Ibadan’s five-man team, which is primarily composed of lecturers from several departments, won the research competition that included

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TETFund: VCs Protest Reps’ Infringement on Varsity Autonomy

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 31, 2024

Regarding its instruction to halt the execution of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) interventions , the House of Representatives has been accused of encroaching on university autonomy by the Committee of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities. The vice chancellors noted that it was also an infringement on the doctrine of the separation of powers which they […]

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TETFund approves N761.4m scholarship grant for 12 lecturers

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 30, 2024

Under the TETFund Scholarship for Academic Staff Intervention (TSAS) programme, the Federal Government, through the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), has granted scholarships to twelve Nigerian lecturers from public tertiary institutions to pursue doctoral, PhD studies in science-related fields in France. At a pre-departure briefing in Abuja, TETFund Executive

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State universities oppose the decision to stop the N683 billion TETFund intervention

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 30, 2024

The House of Representatives Committee on Tertiary Education Trust Fund  (TETFund), decided to stop the 2024 TETFund intervention in state-owned universities. This decision has been met with protests from the Committee of Pro-Chancellors of State-Owned Universities (COPSUN). The decision was described as unprecedented in a press release signed by the committee’s

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FUTA, OAU, FUT-MINNA get highest number of approved proposals in N5.1b TETFund research grants

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 25, 2024

The universities with the most accepted proposals for research grants from the N5.1 billion Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) include Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, and Federal University of Technology, Minna (FUT-MINNA). While 17 proposals were approved for FUTA, both OAU and FUT-MINNA had 16 proposals

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ASUU expresses worry over the proliferation of varsities

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 22, 2024

Concerns about the proliferation of tertiary institutions in the nation and the inadequate support of those that already exist have been voiced by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The union claimed that when they were unable to provide funding for already-existing institutions, the federal and state governments created new ones. Therefore, it suggested […]

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Licences of universities caught cheating during visits will be revoked – NUC

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 21, 2024

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has issued a warning to universities, cautioning them against taking short cuts during accreditation visits or face having their programme approval revoked. In an interview with Journalists on Sunday in Abuja, Chris Maiyaki, the commission’s acting executive secretary, issued the warning. Institutions and courses that do not

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Student group petition Tinubu regarding VCs’ alleged misappropriation of TETFUND projects

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 20, 2024

Some vice chancellors and rectors of government-owned tertiary institutions have been accused by a student group called the Concerned Public Tertiary schools’ Students Association (CoPTISA) of TETFUND projects misappropriation. In a letter to President Bola Tinubu, CoPTISA stated that the only chance Nigeria has to save its government-owned schools from “a

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MacArthur Foundation provides $15m support to ABU for learning and research

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 14, 2024

Zaria (Kaduna State) – The MacArthur Foundation Africa’s director, Dr. Kole Shettima, announced on Wednesday that the organisation has given Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) in Zaria more than $15,538, 896 to improve teaching and research. During his presentation of ABU’s Diamond Jubilee Public Lecture, “The Challenges of Quality Higher Education in

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Private universities should be beneficiaries of the TETFund project – VC

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 12, 2024

Vice Chancellor, Igbinedion University, Okada (IUO), Edo State, Prof. Lawrence Ezemonye, yesterday, called on the Federal Government to promote the development of private universities in the country by allowing them be beneficiary in the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) intervention project. Ezemonye emphasised the necessity for government help in the area of

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Rector urges Gov. Lawal to save Abdu Gusau Poly after years of neglect

Fadiran Ifeloluwa December 31, 2023

Dr. Surajo Abdullahi Shinkafi, the Rector of Abdu Gusau Polytechnic Talata Mafara in the state of Zamfara, has made an appeal to Governor Dauda Lawal’s rescue mission for infrastructure and human resources, claiming that the institution has been neglected for years by the state’s successive governments. When Shinkafi received the visitation panel from the

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TETFund to spend over N400 billion on tertiary institutions in 2024

Fadiran Ifeloluwa December 19, 2023

Over N400 billion would be set aside by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) for higher education institutions in Nigeria by 2024. Sonny Echono, the fund’s executive secretary, revealed this information yesterday during the Makurdi 2023 review of the fund’s performance. Echono stated that the team was in Makurdi to review the performance of the […]

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TETFund launches a N1 billion state-of-the-art library complex at Bauchi University

Fadiran Ifeloluwa December 15, 2023

The state-owned Sa’adu Zungur University in Gadau, Bauchi, has a 2,000-seat Central Library Complex that was built by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) at an expense of N1 billion. It was formally opened for usage on Friday.Arc. Sonny Echono, the Executive Secretary of the TETFund, conducted the official commissioning and announced that the project […]

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TETFund and REA to Collaborate on Providing Power for Tertiary Institutions

Fadiran Ifeloluwa November 8, 2023

The Rural Electrification Agency (REA) and the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) will work together to provide a steady supply of electricity to universities and other postsecondary educational establishments around the nation. Managing Director of REA, Salihijo Ahmad, paid a courtesy call on Executive Secretary of TETFund, Arc. Sonny Echono, on Tuesday in Abuja, and