The Tertiary Education Trust Fund has commissioned three projects worth N866.7 million at the Cross River State State College of Education, Akamkpa Local Government Area of the state.
The projects were executed under the 2018 Special High Impact Intervention and the merged Years 2021-2023 Annual Intervention.
The Executive Secretary, TETFund, Sonny Echono, on Thursday, during the commissioning, disclosed that the agency is committed to ensuring funding sustenance to all public institutions, and to attaining a high global ranking.
He noted that the commissioning is a testament to the satisfactory performance of the college in its utilisation of intervention funds.
โAs a Fund, we are greatly delighted and would like to commend the management of the college for achieving this feat. It, therefore, delights our hearts when we see projects get completed amid these militating forces and for such projects to be presented for commissioning.
โThe three projects which are commissioned today all come to a total of N866,788,454.84, and they include the School of Education building under the 2018 Special High Impact Intervention, costing N345,728,721.00; the Department of Cultural and Creative Arts, under the Years 2021-2023 (merged) Annual interventions, constructed at N236,071,119.97; and the Department of Human Kinetics and Physical Education, also under the Years 2021-2023 (merged) Annual interventions, constructed at N284,986,613.87.โ
Echono noted that aside from infrastructure, the Fund also supports content-based interventions where it sponsors the training and development of skills of lecturers and non-teaching staff for higher degree qualifications.
โAs an interventionist agency, TETFund has ensured equity in the allocation of funds to the three tiers of its beneficiaries in line with the enabling laws governing the activities of the agency towing the โRenewed Hopeโ agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubuโs administration, he disclosed.
In his remark, the Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu, who was represented by the Commissioner of Education, Dr Stephen Odey, commended TETFundโs leadership for the completion of the projects in the state.
He noted his administrationโs commitment to transforming the stateโs education sector and readiness to partner with the interventionist agency to reposition tertiary institutions.
Also, the Fundโs member representing the South-South zone, Aboh Uduyok noted the timeliness and significance of the projects, as he urged the staff and students to maintain the edifice provided by the agency.
In a welcome address, the collegeโs Provost, Prof Patrick Asuquo applauded TETFund, for the gesture towards the college.
He lauded the state governor for his leadership and โpeople-firstโ vision in advancing education as a key pillar in hisย administration.
