By RismadarVoice Media
December 21, 2025
The Executive Secretary, Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund),Sonny Echono, has commended President Bola Tinubu’s administration for speedy approval of its funding support for the development of tertiary education in the country.
Echono noted that under Tinubu’s administration, there had been speedy approval of funds for the development of tertiary education across benefiting institutions.
He stated this at the 2025 management retreat in Yola with the theme, “ Advancing TETFund Mandate For Efficient Service Delivery In Beneficiary Institutions. ”
He said: “As I am speaking, even the 2026 intervention guidelines have been approved by Mr President, so we are ready to hit the ground running.
“That is why we are here to work out a strategy for effective implementation”.
Also speaking, Prof. Ibrahim Umar, Vice Chancellor, Modibbo Adama University (MAU), Yola, also appreciated TETFund support for benefiting institutions.
According to him, without TETFund, many institutions will have collapsed.
He however, appealed for TETFund to help come to the aid of institutions in the area of road network and security challenge, especially kidnapping of lecturers.
Provost, Federal College of Education (FEC), Yola, Mohammed Dagereji, also thanked TETFund for all its intervention, and appealed for more support in the area of security, power, and internet service.
Also, Vice Chancellor, Adamawa State University, Prof. Augustine Clement, appreciated the management of TETFund for the retreat, assured it that the institutions would continue judicious use of the funds allocated to them.
Highpoint of the event was when TETFund executive secretary inaugurated some TETFund projects at the MAU
