Sonny Echono: TETund's New Numero Uno, by Rahma Olamide Oladosu   The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), an intervention agency set up by the Federal Government to provide supplementary support to all levels of public tertiary institutions, has in the last five years been under the...

Supporting Tertiary Education Through Increased Taxation, by Rahma Oladosu   The most prominent avenue through which the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) raises funds to prosecute its statutory intervention projects and programmes in Nigerian tertiary institutions is through the Education Tax known as EDT. According to a...

Proliferation of Public Varsities: Quality, Not Quantity Should Matter, by Rahma Olamide Oladosu   There is no prize for stating the obvious that universities in Nigeria are proliferating at a rate that appears to be abnormal. In recent times, as if they are involved in some...

TETFund: A Model Intervention Agency for Other Countries, by Rahma Olamide Oladosu   The Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund, here in Nigeria, may just be an intervention body, especially in the tertiary education circle. But it is bigger than that in the eyes of other nations...

Can Doyin Salami, Buhari’s First-ever Economic Adviser, Fix it?, by Rahma Olamide Oladosu    Barely 17 months to the end of his tenure, President Muhammadu Buhari finally appointed an Economic Adviser. This is coming after years of facing criticism for failing to appoint one since 2015. The...

Boosting Entrepreneurship Skills In Tertiary Institutions, by Rahma Olamide Oladosu   With white-collar jobs becoming rare luxuries in modern-day Nigeria, emphasis has since shifted to promoting entrepreneurship, skill and talent development among the youth. To drive socio-economic growth, and address the problem of unemployment, many economic experts...