President Muhammadu Buhari Saturday said he has approved N208billion as part of 2019 intervention through the Tertiary Education Trust Fund for infrastructural and teacher development in public tertiary institutions

The president said the intervention was part of his administration’s effort to address the deficiencies in all the segments of our educational system.

Buhari disclosed this at the 23rd convocation of the University of Abuja on Saturday.

Represented by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Mr Sonny Echono, Buhari said his administration would continue to provide funding that would address some of the challenges in the nation’s public institutions.

The President said that the university system must continue to search for solutions to the nation’s developmental needs.

Buhari said: “There is no doubt that Nigeria will be a global player in the emerging knowledge economy. What is required is to ensure the quality of our human capital and also maintain the desirable balance for sustainable national socio-economic growth and development.

“The present administration will continue to improve on the infrastructural facilities in the universities, promote teacher development and curriculum review.

“It is in furtherance of this that I recently approved the disbursement of N208billion to public tertiary institutions under the 2019 intervention of the TETFUND.

“The government will continue to look into the issues raised by the universities especially regarding physical development and will equally monitor the universities closely. I also seize this opportunity to reiterate the commitment of the Federal Government to addressing youth unemployment.”

Buhari noted that for the country’s education system to favour it, the curriculum must focus on the development of entrepreneurial skills of the individuals and encourage research and innovations.


He said the National Universities Commission has put in place motion to address the country’s curriculum and the minimum qualification for university teachers.

According to him, the combined effect of these measures should improve the quality of “our school system and graduates as well as prepare the products of our educational system to meet the challenges of tomorrow’s work place.

“This certainly impact greatly in the effort to generate employment, reduce the high rate of poverty and the incidence of social deviance in the country,” he added.

Buhari said that his administration would not rest until youth unemployment was reduced to the barest minimum.

Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof Michael Adikwu, said a total of 4,946 students graduated from the institution.

Prof Adikwu said the university awarded 24 First Class Honours


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That's good ...let it be put into good use o

Fraud.

Despite previous intervention, our universities are still not at par with other African universities.


Buhari sef

Education system, structure, and services (3S) is dead in Nigeria. No matter how much you sink into the system, it will only end in sunken places.

Richdad

Money wey no go reach them

Okay

nice

A country where education doesn't even get up to 10% of the budget.

He try

Obviously they are not happy with this news hence their slow response here.

They are still examining the news to see where they can blame Buhari

The money that we will nor see its efficacy

kennygee:
A country where education doesn't even get up to 10% of the budget.

I ate education. Ignorant is a decease

Amuocha:
Fraud.
Despite previous intervention, our universities are still not at par with other African universities.

Buhari sef

Why mentioning Buhari, was he part of the previous administrations that ate your future?

It's a fact that he was not part of the 16 evil years of the cancer called Pdp as he wasn't a member of the Pdp.

So, next time, think before you type.

This one go finish work for UNIMAID.


Nice one

That fund is enough to bring good positive changes to the education sector but embezzlement, corruptions won't let such good deeds come to fruition.

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Good
ASUU won't go on strike till they finish squandering the money.
Our university system needs to be self sustaining with minimal subvention from government.

Sai BaBa

more money for ASUU to steal

Richdad50:


Education system, structure, and services (3S) is dead in Nigeria. No matter how much you sink into the system, it will only end in sunken places.

Richdad

The only way is to plug the holes first before putting in money. Corruption in university administration should be aggressively tacked.

ASUU should forget financial autonomy. If they want financial autonomy, they should also forget financial contributions from the FG.

Good

Govt. Of propaganda and deceit... TETFUND intervention is statutory cos it is covered by an act. The FG has no choice or say in what is released.

The main bone of contention is the revitalization fund of the Universities that is yet to be released despite the deceit of the FG...

This propaganda will be shut down by ASUU in the coming hours..

Those useless lecturers will divert the money to buy expensive Jeep and still complain that govt is not funding education.

Ok

enemyofprogress:
I ate education. Ignorant is a decease

Please, don't eat what is left of our education in this country.

Nice one there from FG

kennygee:
A country where education doesn't even get up to 10% of the budget.

nigeria run a two-tier affair when it comes to budget.

Federal budget only covers federal institutions, states have their own independent budget on education.

It will still be embezzled. Death penalty for treason upon those who siphon public funds.

This is good.
I do hope they would make judicious use of the fund for its intended purposes so as to avoid any future lamentations(s).

Amuocha:
Fraud.

Despite previous intervention, our universities are still not at par with other African universities.


Buhari sef

I agree, Nigeria is a funny country where you see billions of naira pumped into different sectors of the economy and the end result is poverty, more bad roads, dilapidated infrastructures, obsolete equipment for the different arms of the security forces fighting insurgency and everything is jagajaga, what a shame, useless politicians feeding fat while the masses are suffering from hunger and starvation daily, that is why I told you look for buyers, I have placed Nigeria online for sale to richer western nations,
nonsense

ASUU ask for funding, Buhari releases funding Yamrees get angry