TETFUND boss expresses worry over low access to research funds by universities in North-East
TETFUND boss expresses worry over low access to research funds by universities in North-East
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Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND), Professor Suleiman Bogoro, has lamented that the North-East geopolitical zone has been able to receive the sum of N302.6 million representing a mere 4.5 per cent from the National Research Fund (NRF).
According to him: “In naira and kobo, the North-East has received N302.6 million out of a total of N6.7 billion, this represents a mere 4.5 per cent.
“If we delve deeper and consider successful completion with positive outcomes, the picture only becomes more disheartening and gloomier. Let us face it, such a dismal performance by the North-East zone with respect to NRF is unacceptable.”