Nigeria has taken a significant step towards sustainable campus mobility with the rollout of 240 solar-powered electric tricycles across 12 public universities. The initiative, funded by TETFund, equips each institution with 20 tricycles and a solar charging station aimed at reducing transport costs and encouraging clean-energy mobility among students. Speaking during the unveiling ceremony at […]
No fewer than 1000 students and 15 Staff of the Bauchi owned Sa’adu Zungur University Gadau have been trained by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) in collaboration with the University on career choices and professional development. A press statement from the Public Relations officer of the university, Auwal Hassan made available to newsmen Saturday, […]
By Tom Okpe The Education Trust Fund, TETFund has revealed that over the past five years, it has generated a total revenue of N1.024 trillion, approximately. It also informed that the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, NEITI, signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, to promote transparency and accountability in the management of revenue from Nigeria’s […]
By Isah Aliyu Chroma The Board of Trustees of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has approved the suspension of the foreign component of the TETFund Scholarship for Academic Staff (TSAS) Intervention. This decision was announced in a press statement signed by Abdulmumin Oniyangi, the Fund’s Director of Public Affairs. According to Oniyangi, the suspension, […]
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed a new board for the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), a vital institution responsible for supporting Nigeria’s tertiary education sector. The new board, announced in a statement by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, is chaired by Alhaji Aminu Masari, with Senator Sani Danladi, […]
There are strong indications that the House of Representatives will amend the Act establishing the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND). This amendment to the Act is becoming necessary to review the regulations which have hampered some institutions from accessing the funds to aid development in tertiary institutions. This was disclosed by the Chairman House Committee […]
By Nsikak Ekpenyong Arc. Sunday Echono, the executive secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND), has emphasised the urgent need for comprehensive health sector reforms and innovations in Nigeria, citing the country’s historical health advancements and current challenges. Echono made the call yesterday in Abuja during the inaugural African Health and Medical Service Awards […]
A student group, the Concerned Public Tertiary Institutions’ Students Association (CoPTISA) has accused some rectors and vice chancellors of government-owned tertiary institutions of molesting students abusing the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) for personal gains. CoPTISA has appealed to President Tinubu in a letter to urgently act and get to the root of the malfeasance […]
… seeks additional assistance By Samuel Luka Bauchi State governor, Senator Bala Mohammed has expressed gratitude to the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) for its past support to tertiary institutions in the state. The governor who made this known in a statement he posted on his Facebook page on Wednesday, said he had during the […]
*Says, moves will actualise AU-EU partnership on research, innovation By Doosuur Iwambe The Tertiary Education Trust fund (TETFUND) has constituted the National Contact Point (NCP) to serve as a channel for information dissemination on opportunities. The move according to TETFund is part of its commitment towards actualising the African Union, AU, and European Union, EU, […]
…. Says Nigeria must adopt Asian Tigers’ template Tunde Opalana, Abuja Following pervasive joblessness and youth restiveness rocking all the geopolitical zones of Nigeria, a federal. Lawmaker, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, has urged the federal government to extend funding to private universities running entrepreneurial studies across the nation to make their graduates financially self- reliant. The […]
By Doosuur Iwambe The Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund, has uncovered new plots by certain individuals and groups to malign the leadership of the fund and disrupt its activities. TETFund in a statement by its Director, Public Affairs noted that the alleged plot was due to its firm determination not to succumb to frivolous requests […]
By Doosuur Iwambe The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has said that Nigeria is yet to significantly benefit from the desired impact of research intervention lines. TETFund Executive Secretary, Mr Sonny Echono, made this disclosure during a One-Day Meeting of the Heads of Beneficial Institutions in public tertiary institutions with the TETFund. “Another area of […]
By Doosuur Iwambe At least 17,000 academic staff on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) have been trained in the last two years, the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has said. Speaking during the Asset Declaration, Security and Fraud Detection Awareness Workshop /TETFund SERVICOM Week in Abuja, the Executive Secretary of TETFund, Arc. Sonny Echono said, […]
By Doosuur Iwambe *Caution institutions to be wary of fraudsters The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) , has raised the alarm over activities of some fraudsters using the name of the Fund to issue the Approval-in-Principle (AIP), to unsuspecting institutions. In a statement made available to journalists in Abuja on Wednesday, TETFund cautioned tertiary education […]
By Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja The Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Professor Suleiman Bogoro, has expressed his unwavering commitment to shore up support for problem-solving research in universities and other related institutions in the country. Bogoro stated this on Wednesday in Abuja while receiving the Education Correspondents Association of Nigeria’s (ECAN) Award […]
By Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja At least N12bn has been awarded for the establishment and has been awarded for the establishment of additional twelve Centres of Excellence (COEs) in tertiary institutions across the country, the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has said. Speaking during the inauguration of the 12 maiden centres in Abuja, TETFund Executive Secretary […]
By Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja At least N6.3bn has been approved for 217 research proposals recommended by the National Research Fund (NRF) under the 2020 grant cycle exercise, the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has said. Speaking during the inauguration of the Fund’s National Research Fund Screening and Monitoring Committee (NRFS&MC) and Technical Advisory Group (TAG) […]
By Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja The crisis being witnessed in the nation’s education sector, cuts across all levels from primary through secondary and tertiary levels of learning, the Executive Secretary, Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), has said. Speaking during the 13th Thematic meeting of the TETFund Research and Development Standing Committee, RDSC, on Education, held virtually, […]
By Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja The Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund, has said that it has concluded plans to provide a ‘mega research support’ to four public agencies on the production of drugs in the country. According to TETFUND, the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development, NIPRD, will lead the other three agencies to achieve […]