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LAST week, I commenced a discussion into one of the most controversial issues in the Nigerian education sector – the administration of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) which has been subject of arguments for the inclusion of private institutions in the scheme. I also highlighted the comments of the Executive Secretary of the Fund, Professor Suleiman Bogoro who condemned the idea of calling for the inclusion of private institutions on the grounds that the Funds was setup to cater solely for the needs of public tertiary institutions for the overall interests of children from poor homes, and that since private institutions are money-making ventures, their inclusion would deny children from poor homes the opportunity to have access to quality education. The foregoing is the background against which I have joined a majority of well-informed Nigerians and stakeholders to rebut the false claims of Professor Suleiman Bogoro that private institutions are money-making ventu