Segun Awofadeji, Bauchi
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has inaugurated a 2,000 seating capacity Central Library Complex, constructed by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) at the cost of N1billion at the Bauchi State University, in Gadau area of the state.
Tinubu, who was represented by Deputy Chairman Federal House of Representative Committee on TETFUND, Hon Bappah Aliyu Misau commissioned the project weekend in Gadau, Itas/Gadau in the state.
He revealed that the Fund had sponsored 100 lecturers for Ph.D. programmes in both foreign and local institutions, totaling N955 million.
He added that 143 lecturers were also sponsored for Master’s degrees in both foreign and local institutions, totaling N359 million, among other initiatives.
The President also assured the commitment of the Federal Government to provide quality education.
In his remarks, the Executive Secretary of TETFUND, Arc. Sonny Echono, said the project was approved under the Years 2017-2019 merged annual intervention. T, represented by the Director of Monitoring and Evaluation, TETFUND, Mr. Olajide Babatunde, the executive Secretary said that the University had been a beneficiary of the Fund’s interventions since 2012 when it became enlisted as a beneficiary of the Fund’s interventions.