Delegates of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) have inspected the agency-sponsored projects on the campus of the Federal Polytechnic, Ede, Osun State, stating that it would not tolerate poor execution of its projects.
The exercise, led by a member of the Board of Trustees representing Southwest, Hon. Sunday Adepoju, involved the team inspecting projects located within the South campus of the polytechnic. Speaking with journalists after the inspection, Adepoju emphasised the need for an effective maintenance culture among high school managers across Nigeria.
He commended the school management for their diligent execution of the projects, saying he was impressed with the quality of the projects completed at the school. “We have gone round the TETFund projects in the school, including completed and ongoing projects, and I am impressed with the quality of the work. The focus here is to get a quality project that reflects government investment”, he said.
Regarding the number of projects sponsored by TETFund, he stated that the majority of the infrastructure in the school was funded by the agency, assuring management that more projects would be undertaken by the agency, not only in the school but across all campuses in Nigeria.
“President Bola Tinubu believes that an educated nation is a liberated one and would be on the right track of development. To achieve this, he is prepared to invest more in tertiary education through TETFund, particularly in technical education, which is the backbone of any nation seeking rapid development. This is what the Renewed Hope agenda preaches, and we would achieve it”, he added.
In his remarks, the Rector of the Polytechnic, Dr Sanni Manyahaya, disclosed that the unscheduled visit is a good step towards checking the activities of school authorities to ensure quality service delivery. He added that the visit also enables the agency to gather firsthand information on the challenges facing the school, especially in the area of perimeter fencing for the south campus to curb the problem of encroachment, particularly from herdsmen and other land grabbers.
“Our greatest challenge is that of the natural disaster that affected some of our buildings, which we will need the agency’s support to put the affected buildings back to use. Additionally, if you examine the multi-billion naira infrastructure on the south campus, without proper perimeter fencing, the security challenges we face will persist. People are intruding on our lands. The cattle rearers and land grabbers are creating problems for the school”, the Rector said.
