NUC Defends Own, Fed. Varsities Budget before N/Assembly
The NUC, last Monday, defended the Commission and Federal universities as well as the three Inter-University Centres IUCs 2022 budget estimates proposal
FG Approves N7.5b For 2020 TETFund Research Grant —— Prof. Bogoro
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved an increase in the Tertiary Education Trust Fund National Research Fund from 3.5 billion naira to 7.5 billion naira for the year 2020.
NUC, Major Shareholder in NUPEMCO
The Executive Secretary, NUC, Prof. Abubakar Adamu Rasheed, mni, MFR, FNAL, has said that with NUC’s investment of Fifty Million Naira in the Nigeria University Pension Management Company (NUPEMCO), it was an important shareholder in the pension body.
Dr. Bichi Advocates for State Services Higher Education Board of Advisors
The Executive Secretary,TETFund, Dr. Abdullahi Baffa Bichi, has called for the establishment of a statutory committee to be known as State Services Higher Education Board of Advisors (SSHEBA), with membership of key stakeholders from Intelligence Corps (IC) and Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) as a way of strengthening the relationship between them.
FG Funds Unimaid’s Regional Research Centre on Extremism, Insurgency — TETFund ES
The Executive Secretary Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Dr. Adullahi Bichi Baffa, during an inauguration ceremony of TETFund projects recently said the Federal Government had approved special funding to support the Regional Centre for Research and production of Knowledge at the University of Maiduguri, to counter extremism.