The Governor of Kaduna State, Uba Sani has called on the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) to execute more projects in tertiary institutions in the state.
The Governor made the call when he led a delegation of Kaduna state government on a courtesy visit to the Executive Secretary of TETFund, Sonny Echono, on Monday in Abuja.
The Governor who appreciated the efforts of TETFund in ensuring that tertiary institutions in Kaduna and across the country were provided with relevant infrastructure and other forms of interventions, solicited for more.
“Of course, we’re also here to ask for more support and intervention in Kaduna State. Of course, Kaduna State has done a lot in supporting the TETFund. Only recently, we have been able to give the TETFund one of the most important pieces of land in Kaduna to build their zonal office”, he said.
Also, Kaduna State Commissioner for Education, Prof Muhammad Sani said all the state-owned institutions were in need of interventions.
“Another area has to do with security. The college of education Gidan Waya in the Southern part of Kaduna has been facing a lot of security challenges due to lack of fencing and other facilities. That also is an area we need intervention, ” the Commissioner said.
TETFund has disbursed funds to Kaduna institutions
Responding, Mr Echono, who congratulated the governor on his victory in the governorship election in Kaduna, said TETFund recently disbursed N550 million to the Kaduna State College of Education, Gidan Waya to address its security challenges.
According to him, the same amount was also given to Kaduna State University to complete some projects in its Kafanchan campus, saying that the fund will expedite action to complete some projects in the university which earlier had challenges.
The TETFund Executive Secretary assured the state government that one of the public tertiary institutions in the state will also benefit from the Agency’s special high impact intervention in 2024.
