TETFund to Enhance Efforts in Bridging Infrastructure Gap in Universities — Masari

The Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Rt. Hon. Aminu Bello Masari, has assured that the agency will intensify its efforts to address the infrastructure gaps in Nigeria’s tertiary education sector.

Masari made the commitment while speaking at the ThisDay Newspaper Awards ceremony in Lagos on Monday, where he was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award. He emphasized that TETFund will continue to strengthen its interventions to support the development of the country’s universities.

“As the chairman of the Board of Trustees of TETFund, I am giving the assurance that the Fund will do more in its various intervention programmes. I thank President Bola Tinubu for the support provided, and I also appreciate the management and workers of the Fund for living up to their responsibilities,” Masari said.

He further highlighted that despite facing global economic challenges, TETFund is focused on prudent resource management to ensure its interventions in critical areas, particularly infrastructure, yield positive outcomes.

“The global economic challenges we face as a nation and an agency require us to manage resources carefully, but we are determined to achieve more and get great results,” he added.

Masari also acknowledged that TETFund’s scope of work has expanded with the increasing number of public tertiary institutions, but he expressed confidence that by adhering to established rules and regulations, the agency would continue to deliver impactful results.

He explained the policy that in states with more than one university, special projects would be alternated among the universities to ensure fairness and effective distribution of resources.

On the Lifetime Achievement Award, Masari reflected on the history of ThisDay newspaper and praised its publisher, Prince Nduka Obaigbena, for his resilience. He recalled his early connection with Obaigbena during the 1994 Constitutional Conference and his initial support for ThisDay.

“I am honoured to be here. Nduka was my neighbour in Apo Village during the 1994 Constitutional Conference, and he told me he wanted to set up a paper. I was among the first to support him,” Masari said.