Tinubu names Aminu Masari chairman of TETFUND board
By Jeffrey Agbo
President Bola Tinubu has named former governor of Katsina State, Aminu Masari, as chairman of the reconstituted board of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND).
Presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, made this known in a statement on Tuesday.
The appointees are Masari, Chairman; Senator Sani Danladi, Member; Sunday Adepoju, Member; Nurudeen Adeyemi, Member; Esther Ukachukwu, Member; Turaki Ibrahim, Member; and Aboh Eduyok, Member.
According to the statement, “The President expects the new members of the board of this pivotal institutional vehicle to be dedicated and committed to driving TETFund’s objective of providing the needed support for tertiary education with a view to enhancing the productivity and quality of higher education.”
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TETFund, an agency under the Federal Ministry of Education, manages, disburses, and monitors the education tax to public tertiary institutions in Nigeria.
The fund is managed by an 11-member board of trustees with members drawn from the six-geo political zones of Nigeria.
The board also comprises representatives of the Federal Ministries of Education, the Federal Ministry of Finance and the Federal Inland Revenue Service.
The TETFUND secretariat is headed by an executive secretary who is the chief executive and the accounting officer of the Fund.