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The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has approved the establishment of a Federal Polytechnic in Shendam, Plateau State.
Buhari also approved the sum of N2 billion from the resources of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund for the immediate take-off the polytechnic.
This was stated by presidential aide Bashir Ahmad who said the approval was confirmed by the Ministry of Education.
“President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of Federal Polytechnic, Shendam, Plateau State, with an approval of N2 billion from the funding resources of TETFund for the immediate take-off, the Ministry of Education confirmed in a letter to Gov Simon Lalong of Plateau State,” Ahmad shared on his verified
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The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) on Monday disclosed that private universities, polytechnics and colleges of education in the country are already accessing its N7.5 billion National Research Fund (NRF) for the purpose of bolstering the conduct of cutting-edge research.
The Executive Secretary of TETFund, Prof. Suleiman Bogoro, who made the revelation while declaring open a four-day meeting of TETFund Research and Development Standing Committee (RDSC), said the breakthrough came two years after the Board of Trustees granted the approval for private institutions to draw from the funds.
Bogoro said since the inauguration of the TETFund RDSC on September 24, 2020, the committee has gone far in implementing President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive to support government initiatives of responding to the threat of Covid-19 through ground-breaking research on phyto-medical drugs, prophylactics and vaccines.
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The Tertiary Education Trust Fund has revealed that tertiary institutions including private and public universities have commenced accessing the N7.5 billion National Research Fund for the purpose of conducting cutting-edge research.
This followed the directive by President Muhammadu Buhari that TETFund should make funding available for ground-breaking research into COVID-19 pandemic and support for local production of military equipment for enhanced combat against insurgency and other criminalities.
Executive Secretary of TETFund, Prof Suleiman Bogoro, spoke, on Monday, while declaring open a four-day meeting of TETFund Research and Development Standing Committee.
He said the breakthrough came two years after the Board of Trustees granted the approval for private institutions to draw from the national research fund.
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A senior lecturer at The Polytechnic Ibadan, Oyo State, Mr Kola Oladunjoye, has been reported dead in an accident along the Moniya-Iseyin Road.
Oladunjoye, an architect and a former head of department in the institution, was said to have died on Thursday alongside three others whose identities had yet to be confirmed.
It was gathered that Oladunjoye and others said to be officials of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund were on their way from an official assignment at the Oke Ogun Polytechnic, Saki in the Saki West Local Government Area of the state.
Their vehicle was said to have skidded after losing control before plunging into the Odo Ogun from the bridge.