The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has warned that any university, polytechnic, or college of education misusing its funds may be blacklisted. Speaking at a workshop in Abuja, TETFund’s Executive Secretary, Sonny Echono, stated that schools that fail to utilise or manage their funds properly will be removed from the list of beneficiaries. He explained
Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Sonny Echono, is tightening the reins on accountability, vowing tougher consequences for institutions misapplying public resources. Since assuming office over three years ago, Echono has led a sweeping reform agenda aimed at ending entrenched inefficiencies and wasteful practices in Nigeria’s higher education funding system. A seasoned
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has raised concerns over a polytechnic in the Southeast receiving billions of naira in annual intervention funds despite having only 30 students. TETFund Executive Secretary Sonny Echono disclosed on Monday in Abuja during the 2025 one-day strategic interactive workshop for heads of institutions, bursars, and procurement officers of beneficiary
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has warned beneficiary institutions sternly, stating that any institution that mismanages allocated funds or fails to meet performance benchmarks risks being removed from its intervention programmes. Sonny Echono, the Executive Secretary of TETFund, cautioned during a one-day strategic meeting with heads of institutions, bursars, and procurement officers from beneficiary
When Architect Sonny Echono became the head of TETFund (Tertiary Education Trust Fund) in March 2022, his primary goal was to reform and improve public universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education in Nigeria. In less than three years, he has implemented significant changes that are benefiting students, lecturers, and schools nationwide. From the start, Echono
