By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), has disbursed its Annual Direct Disbursement funds for the 2026 intervention cycle to 271 beneficiary institutions across the country. Under the disbursement, each beneficiary university received ₦2,525,932,228.02; each beneficiary polytechnic received ₦1,871,059,920.53; while each College of Education received...
Sonny Echono
Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Arc. Sonny Echono, has called for a comprehensive overhaul of Nigeria’s education system to better prepare graduates for the contemporary workforce and address rising youth unemployment. Making remark at the 13th convocation lecture of Nile University in Abuja on Tuesday,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has issued a warning to beneficiary institutions that fail to properly utilize funds allocated for intervention projects, saying such institutions risk being delisted. Executive Secretary of TETFund, Arc. Sonny Echono, gave the warning on Tuesday in Abuja during a...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Nigerian researchers have unveiled a new homegrown, market-ready prototypes developed through a groundbreaking initiative backed by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) Speaking at the Science Granting Councils Initiative (SGCI) Demo Day and Closing Ceremony in Abuja on Wednesday, the Executive Secretary of TETFund,...
The Executive Secretary, Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Mr Sonny Echono, says the recently-held TETFund National Research Fair/Exhibition aligns with its aspiration to use technology to spur national economic growth. Echono, said this during an an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Monday. He...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has said it is taking steps to boost transnational education in Nigeria by partnering with British institutions. This is even as it announced that it would reallocate the savings from its suspended overseas scholarship programme to fund in-house...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) and the Nigerian Academy of Engineering have formed a partnership to bridge skills gaps in the country. The collaboration was formalized through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Abuja on Monday. Speaking, the Executive Secretary...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, has stressed the need for institutional collaboration in driving National development. Air Marshal Abubakar who made indication during a courtesy visit to the Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Architect...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) said it has collected a record-breaking Education tax of N1.5 trillion in 2024. The Executive Secretary of the Fund, Arch. Sonny Echono who disclosed this at the TETFund stakeholders engagement on Monday in Abuja, said this was made...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Cross River State Government has solicited support from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund to build an edifice to house all practical skills for its state-owned university of Education and Entrepreneurship. Governor Bassey Otu, who made the appeal during a visit to TETFund on...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja + The Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BOT) of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Rt. Hon. Aminu Bello Masari has disclosed the intention of the Fund to create a new intervention line aimed at addressing the pressing issues of security and power in...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Arch. Sonny Echono, has called on Local Government Area Councils to make strategic investments in tertiary education. Echono stated this Abuja after receiving an award of excellence at a three-day annual summit organized by...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Arch. Sonny Echono has seeks for greater collaboration with Nigerian Armed Forces in the forthcoming National Research Fair. He made this requests during the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa’s visit to the...
Echono commends virtues of Nigerian diplomats, assures of TETFund support for foreign policy journal
Echono commends virtues of Nigerian diplomats, assures of TETFund support for foreign policy journal
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Executive of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Arc. Sonny Echono has extolled the invaluable contributions of Nigerian diplomats to policy formulation and development of curricular for careers in Diplomacy and International Relations, even as he assured of TETFund’s support for their foreign policy...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Arc. Sonny Echono, has recommitted to allocating taxpayer resources more effectively for educational growth. He stated this immediately after receiving the Legacy Award from the College of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU), alongside other...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Arc. Sonny Echono has been recognized with the Nigerian Patriotic Leadership Excellence Award in Education Development by the Nigerian Patriotism Award. This first edition of the prestigious award Which took place on Wednesday in...
T By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has been awarded the 2024 Anthology Visionary Award for its outstanding leadership in advancing education through technology. A statement issued by Abdulmumin Oniyangi, Director, Public Affairs, TETFUND, said the feat was made possible through the agency’s significant...
The House of Representatives expressed dissatisfaction over failure of the Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Sonny Echono, to appear for an investigative hearing to defend the activities of the agency. The Chairman, House Committee on Federal Character, Rep Idris Wase, did not hide his...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja The Tertiary Education Trust Fund, (TETFund) has charged lecturers overseeing career centres in colleges of education to develop skills in modern technology and pass on relevant knowledge to students to make them employable and competitive with their peers globally. Executive Secretary of TETFund,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – In a bid to correct the constant and deliberate attempt in some quarters to present the academic/professional development (training) programmes being implemented under Framework Agreements (MOUs) as procurement contracts, the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has explained why Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was...