The executive secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, (TETFund), Dr. Abdullahi Bichi Baffa has revealed that it has achieved about 93.5 percent improvement in the level at which beneficiary institutions access the Fund.
Baffa, who was speaking when National President of Nigeria Union of Journalists, (NUJ) Comrade Christopher Isiguzo visited him in his office recently, attributed the improvement to the introduction of Access Clinic and Budget Defence sessions which he said opened up the processes of TETFund.
He added that it helped beneficiary institutions to know how to easily access their allocations, as well as the sensitization exercise and his open door policy.
The TEFund boss expressed gratitude to the NUJ President and his team for the visit, describing the Union as a very strategic and major stakeholder in all the activities of the Fund.
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Baffa also described the hand of fellowship extended to TETFund by the NUJ as a welcome development, noting that TETFund was among the first to congratulate the NUJ and Comrade Isiguzo immediately the election of the Union took place last year.
The TETFund boss while stating that the Fund does not take for granted such overtures, especially those who take time to visit the Fund and give words of encouragement, promised that the agency will ensure that the cordial and mutual beneficial relationship is made stronger.
While stating the reason for his visit earlier, the NUJ president described the Fund as the saving grace of public tertiary institutions in Nigeria and promised the support of the Union to the intervention activities of the TETfund.
He added that without the intervention efforts of TETFund, most of the institutions would have no physical infrastructure to carry out any meaningful learning and teaching activities.
