A delegation from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) Board of Trustees, North Central Zone, has visited Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University (IBBU), Lapai, to inspect major completed projects, including the new Senate Building and Faculty of Law complex. Leader of the delegation, Engr. Nuruddeen Adeyemi said the visit was to assess the quality and impact
While students in public universities sit in overcrowded lecture halls and lecturers complain about outdated laboratories, billions of naira meant to fix these problems remain untouched in government accounts. This paradox, of underfunded yet underutilised education funding, continues to expose deep cracks in Nigeria’s tertiary education system. The TETFund Paradox The Tertiary Education Trust Fund
The Federal Government has given all tertiary institutions in Nigeria 30 days to submit detailed reports on unutilised funds received from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund). Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, issued the directive during a meeting with heads of universities, polytechnics, and colleges in Abuja. He said many schools have left important
Four academic staff of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) have secured research grants under the 2024 Tertiary Education Trust Fund/National Research Fund (TETFund/NRF) scheme, Batch 10. The awardees include Dr Aneyo Idowu Ayisat of the Department of Zoology, Faculty of Life Sciences, who will lead a study on tackling novel psychoactive substances in Nigeria through
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has pledged to sustain efforts to transform Nigeria’s universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education into globally competitive institutions. Speaking on Monday at a town hall meeting in Ilorin for stakeholders in the North-central zone, TETFund Board of Trustees member Nurudeen Adeyemi highlighted the Agency’s role in advancing higher education
A recent investigation into TETFund projects across Nigerian universities and polytechnics has revealed a pattern of prolonged delays, abandonment, and poor accountability, raising concerns about the effectiveness of federal intervention funds. At Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED), projects allocated as far back as 2014 remained untouched for years, resurfacing only in 2025, despite funds
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has announced that 18 tertiary institutions across Nigeria will benefit from its newly approved mini grid power project under the 2025 intervention cycle. A total of N70 billion has been allocated for the initiative, which aims to provide a stable and renewable electricity supply to campuses. Speaking in Ilorin,
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) annual report for the 2024 financial year reveals that 38 tertiary institutions in the country received queries regarding allocations made to them by the fund. The document noted that the queries “were a result of anomalies observed in the financial retirements submitted by the beneficiary institutions to the fund.”
The Abuja Centre for Leadership, in partnership with the TETFUND Centre of Excellence in Public Governance and Leadership, has trained secondary school students on leadership and civic responsibility as part of efforts to raise future leaders for national development. The training, tagged Youth Leadership Clinic, was held on Thursday at Dennis Osadebe University, Asaba, with
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has allocated N70 billion to 18 tertiary institutions in Nigeria for mini-grid power projects as part of its 2025 intervention cycle. Board of Trustees member for the South-South zone, Aboh Uduyok, announced this on Friday in Uyo during a stakeholders’ town hall meeting with beneficiary institutions. He said the
