Gov. Yusuf wants TETFund interventions for Kano universities

More Tertiary Education Trust Fund intervention projects are needed at the Yusuf Maitama Sule University and the Kano University of Science and Technology in Wudil, according to Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State.

Yusuf made the call while paying Sonny Echono, the Executive Secretary of the TETFund, a courtesy visit in Abuja. He emphasized the importance of the Kano government and the fund working closely together to ensure better education delivery.

“The goal of my visit is to ensure that the Kano government and TETFund will continue to work together on projects and provide other forms of educational support to these two universities.

However, he added, “As far as we are concerned, these two universities are closed to our heart.” “Of course, my predecessor established the third university in the state.

He praised the TETFund for its many infrastructure initiatives in tertiary institutions all over the nation.

The governor requested support from TETFund in particular for the two universities’ need for additional facilities, staff training and retraining, and flood control at Kano University of Science and Technology, Wudil.

“First and foremost, we are here to express our gratitude to the management for the projects and intervention programs being carried out in the two universities.

“Specifically, I am more interested in infrastructure development because without classrooms, hostels, libraries, or other facilities, the system as a whole would collapse.

Therefore, ensuring the provision of infrastructures is crucial for any university or other institution of higher learning.

“If you look at the majority of universities in the nation, they wouldn’t have the educational facilities they do now without the help of TETFund.

“Two,” I said, “I am more worried about the training and retraining of the university staff. The governor stated that the TETFund has helped with retraining and training initiatives.

Sonny Echono, the executive secretary of the TETFund, congratulated Governor Yusuf on his victory in the March 2023 election for governor and stated that the fund is prepared to work with the administration to boost tertiary education institutions’ financial standing in the state.

Kano was described by Echono as a center of learning as well as commerce, with over a dozen universities located there.

“TETFund intervenes in three institutions—colleges of education, polytechnics, and universities—within a state.

“The board of Trustees imposed restrictions on a number of institutions in order to ensure that we concentrate resources and achieve meaningful impact.

Therefore, we do not advise states to simply set up numerous institutions with the sole purpose of directing TETFund intervention.

It actually enlists two institutions of a similar type at once, and even then, I mean either two universities, two polytechnics, or two colleges of education.

“In order to comply with our law’s requirement that all states be treated equally, we must make sure that no state is given preferential treatment over another. States with multiple institutions actually switch between them, he said.

(NAN)