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TETFund suspends Schoolarship for Academic Staff

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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

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Tinubu appoints new board of TETFund

Ihesiulo Grace 7 August 2024 0

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, […]

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HoR mulls amendment to TETFUND Act to enable institutions access N4.4bn

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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

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TETFUND Secretary Calls for Comprehensive Health Reforms, Innovation in Nigeria

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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

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How Vice Chancellors are molesting us, misappropriating TETFUND projects, students write Tinubu

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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

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Bauchi Gov lauds TETFund’s intervention to tertiary institutions

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… 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 […]

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Research: TETFund constitutes National Contact Point for information dissemination

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*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,

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Senator Bamidele urges TETFUND to fund Entrepreneurial studies in private varsities

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…. 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

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TETFund uncover plots to malign its leadership

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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 […]

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Research: Nigeria yet to significantly benefit from intervention impact – Echono

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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

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TETFund trains 17,000 academic staff on ICT

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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,

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TETFund dissociates self from fake Approvals-in-Principle in circulation

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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 […]

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TETFund committed in promoting problem-solving research, says Bogoro

Ihesiulo Grace 9 December 2021 0

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

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TETFund award N12b for establishment of 12 more COEs

Ihesiulo Grace 25 November 2021 0

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 […]

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TETFund approves N6.3bn for 217 research proposals

Ihesiulo Grace 10 November 2021 0

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

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Crisis in education sector cuts across all levels, says Bogoro

Ihesiulo Grace 28 October 2021 0

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

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Research: TETFund to support four public agencies on drug production

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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 […]

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Nigeria’s infrastructure gap is now $3trn, says experts

Ihesiulo Grace 31 August 2021 0

By Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja The infrastructural gap currently existing in Nigeria has been pegged at $3 trillion, about six times the size of its annual Gross Domestic Product, GDP. This disclosure was made by some research experts during a virtual meeting on institutionalisation of R&D in the Infrastructure Development thematic group of the TETFund Research […]

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FG okays N292.6bn intervention funds for varsities, polytechnics, education colleges

Ihesiulo Grace 24 August 2021 0

By Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja In a bid to improve on the standard of education in the country, the federal government has approved the disbursement of N292.66 billion intervention funds to some selected public universities, polytechnics and colleges of education across the country. Speaking during a briefing with beneficiaries of institutions in Abuja on Tuesday, The […]

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TETFund targets N500 billion education tax collection in 2023

Ihesiulo Grace 12 August 2021 0

By Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja The Tertiary Education Trust Fund, (TETFund), has said that the agency is targeting more than N500 billion education tax collection by 2023. This is just as the agency disclosed that it has injected about N2.5 trillion in the development of infrastructure and staff development in public universities, polytechnics and colleges of […]