FG Approves N320bn Intervention Fund For Tertiary Institutions   The Federal Government has approved the sum of N320,345,040, 835. (Three hundred and twenty billion, three hundred and forty-five million, forty thousand, eight hundred and thirty five Naira only) as the 2023 intervention funds for public tertiary...

TETFund: Poor Research Output Reason for Infrastructural Deficit - Echono   The Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Sonny Echono, has bemoaned the dearth of quality research in Nigeria, saying it’s at the core of why meaningful development has eluded the country. According to...

Revenue: TETFund Records N68bn Shortfall In 2022   The Tertiary Education Trust Fund has revealed that its revenue collection for 2021 used for its operations in the 2022 fiscal year dropped by N68billion. The executive secretary of the fund, Sonny Echono, disclosed this in a one-day meeting...

TETFund Moves To Boost Knowledge Repository In Institutions   As part of its efforts to encourage research among students of tertiary institutions, the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), recently announced a N15 billion support for acceleration of works on the National Library. Speaking recently on the motivation...

FIRS Remits Over N309bn Education Tax To TETFund   The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has remitted over N309 billion from education taxation to the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund). The revenue generated by FIRS from across tertiary education institutions in the country between January and...

Echono Pledges Interventions To Address Hostel Deficit In Tertiary Institutions   Male hostel commissioned recently at Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University, Makurdi, Benue State. The Executive Secretary, Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Arc Sonny Echono, has decried hostel deficit in tertiary institutions. To Echono, the fact that only 15...