“The success we have recorded in this regard is that for the first time in the history of the university, we have been granted 18 patents in four years,” the VC said.
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.”