TERTIARY EDUCATION TRUST FUND (TETFund)
ABOUT US
This Act repeals the Education Tax Act Cap. E4, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004 and Education Tax Fund Act No. 17, 2003 and establishes the Tertiary Education Trust Fund charged with the responsibility for imposing, managing and disbursing the tax to public tertiary institutions in Nigeria.

CORPORATE OBJECTIVE
Provide funding for educational facilities and infrastructural development
Promote creative and innovative approach to educational learning and service
Stimulate, support and enhance improvement activities in the educational foundation areas, like Teacher Education, Teaching Practice, Library Development and Special Education Programmes Champion new literacy enhancing programmes
To provide focused and transformative intervention in public Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria through funding and effective project management
To be a world-class interventionist agency in Nigeria’s Tertiary Education
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The National Council for Women Societies (NCWS) has bestowed on the Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Professor…
Determined to deliver on its mandate, the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has organized a four- day training workshop on…
To: All Benefitting Institutions Subject: Re: Special Invitation for Nodal Officers/Directors of Quality Assurance in the Beneficiary Institutions to attend…
A media organization, The Reporters Nigeria, has honoured the Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Prof. Suleiman Elias…
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has commenced funding of Research and Development (R&D) in the Nigerian Defence and Military…
The Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Prof Suleiman Elias Bogoro has advocated the need for Nigeria to…
The Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Prof. Suleiman Elias Bogoro has commended the Management of Federal Inland…
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From 1980’s and beyond, the decay of all tiers of education was monumental. Facilities had almost collapsed, teachers and lecturers morale was at its lowest. Enabling environment for conducive teaching and learning was absent. The administration of President, Ibrahim Babangida mindful of the reality of the situation took measures to arrest the rot. In December 1990 the Federal Government constituted the Commission on the Review of Higher Education in Nigeria (the Gray Longe Commission) to review the post independence Nigerian Higher Education after Lord Ashby’s Commission of 1959.
The Longe Commission recommended among others the funding of higher education through earmarked tax to be borne by companies operating in Nigeria. An implementation committee under the chairmanship of Professor Olu O. Akinkugbe was constituted to implementation Grey Longe’s Commission report recommendations also an Agreement was signed between the Federal Government and ASUU on the 3rd September, 1992 on funding of universities.

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LIST OF CHAIRMEN BOARD OF TRUSTEES


EXECUTIVE SECRETARY SIX POINT AGENDA
National Research Fund
The National Research Fund (NRF) is aimed to revitalize the objectives of addressing the critical need of high quality man power to drive the Nation’s Economy and development aspirations Towards attaining the Nation’s Vision 20:20 and beyond.
The Intervention focuses on applied researches that address areas of National concern namely: National Security, National Integration and Peace Studies, Education and Training, Economic Development, Agriculture, Food Security, and Technology Processes, Power and Energy, ICT and Telecommunication, Entrepreneurship and Wealth Creation, Environment issues etc.
