President Bola Tinubu has restated his administration commitment to improve investment towards enhancing access to quality education in Nigeria.
He said this on Friday during the groundbreaking of a N4 billion Senate Building project at the Federal University, Kashere (FUK), in Gombe State.
Represented by Prof. Ali Pate, Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Tinubu described the occasion as a landmark step towards strengthening the educational infrastructure in the country.
He said the university would not only provide opportunities for academic excellence but also serve as catalyst for social and economic development.
The project was designed with about 100 offices; an archive, a council chamber and other facilities.
Mr Sonny Echono, Executive Secretary, Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), said that about four major infrastructure projects would be inaugurated in the university, as part of the Federal Government’s effort to develop tertiary institutions in the country.
Echono said the Senate Building project was approved by the president, as part of his strategic investment in tertiary education.
“TETFund remains firmly committed to supporting institutions like the FUK with the necessary resources to grow and thrive.
“In the last two years, we have completed and inaugurated 687 capital projects in various higher institutions across Nigeria,” he said,
The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Umaru Pate said the fund had expended over N350 million on the newly completed Postgraduate Hostel project, while N393 million spent on the 500-capacity lecture theatre project executed under the 2022 capital intervention.
Pate listed other projects to include the construction and furnishing of the College of Medical Sciences Complex at the cost N1.3 billion, funded under the 2023 intervention.
