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UNILORIN, 31 other institutions get TETFund’s  hostel projects

 UNILORIN, 31 other institutions get TETFund’s  hostel projects

By Isaac Lewu

The University of Ilorin has been selected among other institutions that would benefit from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) massive hostel development projects across the country.

            The intervention is targeted at tackling the problem of dilapidated and inadequate student accommodation in Nigeria’s public tertiary institutions.

According to an official notice from TETFund, the intervention will form part of the 2025 Disbursement Guidelines aimed at  addressing the pressing need for modern and secure student accommodation as initiated by the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, in line with its educational infrastructural development agenda.

The notice added that the project will be executed under a Public Private Partnership (PPP) model, with a total value of ₦4 billion with the investor contributing 75% of the fund, while TETFund will provide the remaining 25% on behalf of the beneficiary institutions.

Other beneficiary institutions include the University of Lagos,  the Federal University, Lafia, the University of Abuja,the Benue State University, the University of Jos, the University of Maiduguri; Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi; Modibbo Adama University, Yola; the Gombe State University, the Federal University of Gombe,  Federal University of Agriculture, Zuru; Bayero University Kano, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto;  Kaduna Polytechnic, and the Federal University, Dutsin-Ma.

Others are the Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka; the Abia State University, Uturu; the University of Port Harcourt, the Federal Polytechnic, Oko; the University of Benin, the University of Calabar, the Nigerian Maritime University, the Federal Polytechnic, Auchi; the Obafemi Awolowo University,Ile-Ife; the University of Ibadan, the Lagos State University; the Tai Solarin University of Education and Yaba College of Technology.

Speaking further on the development, TETFund noted that the project underscores the Fund’s management commitment to improving the welfare of students while boosting the competitiveness of Nigerian tertiary institutions as it explained that a conducive living environment is integral to academic excellence and overall student performance.

Reacting to the development, the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Wahab Olasupo Egbewole,SAN, thanked the Federal Government for finding the University worthy of consideration in this gigantic decision.

The Vice Chancellor, who spoke through the University’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Mr Kunle Akogun, said that the intervention would go a long way in reducing the accommodation challenges facing students of the University. Prof. Egbewole urged other private and public organisations to emulate the Federal Government by investing in the University in one way or the other for the benefit of the