TETFund, First Lady To Roll Out Interventions In Tertiary Institutions

Nigeria’s First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu and the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) are partnering to roll out developmental interventions in tertiary institutions across Nigeria.

Mrs. Tinubu disclosed this in Abuja, during a quarterly meeting with the wives of governors from the 36 states.

She said the intervention, which was the initiative of the Executive Secretary of TETFund, Arch. Sonny Echono, would ameliorate the challenges in tertiary institutions.

She also said the interventions would include scholarship support for students and the development of social amenities, among others.

The First Lady added that the interventions would help in relieving hardship on students and promote a good learning environment that can meet international standards.

She urged the wives of governors to ensure that the free gifts from the initiative get to the people in their different states.

“For scholarship donations, we want everybody to give us one tertiary institution; it could be state-owned or federal-owned; just mention the improvement you want to see there.

“The TETfund intervention is to support us in our various tertiary institutions; they are looking at infrastructural improvement, scholarship donations, and equipment for ICT facilities in our tertiary institutions.

“Therefore, we want you to nominate one institution to start with,’’ she said.

She also pleaded with the wives of governors to ensure that the free gifts that the RHI was giving to Nigerians reached the targeted people, especially those in the rural areas of the country.