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TETFund Disburses Over N400 Billion to Tertiary Institutions in 2023

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 21:00:23 +0000

The Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Sonny Echono, revealed on Monday that the board has disbursed a staggering sum of over N400 billion to tertiary institutions nationwide in the year 2023. Speaking during TETFund’s management retreat in Makurdi, Echono explained that this substantial amount encompassed both the backlog from previous years [...]

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Governor Kefas seeks more TETFUND presence in Taraba

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Sun, 27 Aug 2023 14:32:48 +0000

The governor of Taraba State, Agbu Kefas, has requested that entrepreneurship centers be constructed by the TETFUND administration. He argued that adolescents would benefit from training at such facilities because it would help them become economically independent of the state. On Friday, while meeting with TETFUND representatives, the governor issued the demand. For students taking [...]

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EFCC arraigns Varsity Lecturer over alleged N19m Fraud

Ade Adewale — Mon, 10 Jun 2019 21:38:58 +0000

A university lecturer, Moses Peter Adoga was on June 7, 2019 arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Makurdi Zonal Office before Justice Simon O. Aboki of the Nasarawa State High Court sitting in Lafia, Nasarawa State. Adoga was arraigned on a one-count charge for dishonestly converting the sum of N19,765,200 (Nineteen Million, [...]

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Abuse of Office: Anti-Corruption Group drags TETfund Boss, Baffa to EFCC

Ade Adewale — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 13:22:41 +0000

A Civil Society Organization, Centre for Public Accountability (CPA), has dragged the Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETfund) Dr. Abdullahi Baffa, to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over allegations of abuse of office and cases of contract deemed improperly awarded by the TETfund Chief Executive. The group led by its [...]

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N.3bn TETFUND Diversion: How Bisi Akande’s Brother, APC Leaders, College Officials, Contractor begin Journey to Prison in Osun State

Ade Adewale — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 13:30:36 +0000

The Osun State College of Education, Ila-Orangun community were yet to come to the term on the remanding of few of its senior officials in Federal Maximum Prison Ilesa since a month ago over an alleged diversion of N.3billion public funds approved for the construction of Amphitheatre (Lecture Theatre) and other valuable projects in the [...]

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Governor Aregbesola Seeks Increased TETFund Support For Tertiary Institutions In Osun State

Ade Adewale — Mon, 21 Dec 2015 16:13:55 +0000

Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State has asked the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) to increase its interventions in tertiary institutions in the state in order to complement the efforts of his administration. According to him, the commitment of his administration to basic education in the state to prepare a solid foundation ‎for the tertiary [...]

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