President Mohammadu Buhari Unveils TETFund Projects For Ekiti Universities

Six Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) Projects unveiled by President Mohammadu Buhari to transform three Ekiti Universities worth about N1 billion to boost teaching and learning.

President Muhammadu Buhari inaugurated six Tertiary Education Trust Fund projects worth about N1 billion to boost teaching and learning in three universities in Ekiti State.

The beneficiaries of the projects are the Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science and Technology, Ikere Ekiti; Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti; and Federal University, Oye Ekiti. Represented by the Minister of Industry and Trade, Adeniyi Adebayo.

TETFund since inception had placed all tertiary institutions in Nigeria on a higher pedestal in terms of physical infrastructure, provision of standard learning facilities, conference attendance sponsorship, academic staff training and development, library development and ICT interventions etc

The President said that TETFund through Federal Government’s support had performed exceptionally in infrastructure provision, and support for academic staff training and development among others to tertiary institutions. TETFund Executive Secretary, Sonny Echono, said completion and inauguration of the projects showed efficient management of federal government resources through the body.

The TETFund boss disclosed that the Vocation Education Workshop Complex at BOUESTI gulped N318 million; the three projects at FUOYE including construction and furnishings of Lecture Theatre Block “A” for Faculty of Science cost N369.89m while at EKSU, the Faculty of the Social Sciences Twin Lecture Theatre and Medical Ward for the University Health Centre cost N306.85m. TETFund Director, Monitoring and Evaluation, Babatunde Olajide was represented by Echono, expressed the government’s resolve to ensure that tertiary institutions attained high global ranking and become more competitive through the provision of a conducive learning environment that would enable scholar students to thrive and excel among their peers. 

MySchoolNews reporting.