Tetfund recently celebrated its 10 years of service, having gone through a lot of changes in its functions, duties, coverage and composition. It had
existed under different names before now, but the amendments to the act establishing it, have turned it into a Tetfund, with more coverage of tertiary education in the country.
At the Tetfund at 10 event, its Executive Secretary, Prof. Suleiman Bogoro, was introduced as the apostle of research and development. A very apt description, narrating how he has turned the tide of the impact of Tetfund from infrastructure to research. Bogoro was first appointed by the previous administration and barely 2 years after, the new administration of PMB had relieved him of his duties as the ES of Tetfund.
At Tetfund at 10, it was disclosed that 152, 838 infrastructural projects had been executed across the country. 30, 000 lecturers have also been sponsored for Masters and PhD programmes. 68, 000 academic and non-academic staff of tertiary institutions have also been sponsored to attend local and international conferences. Tetfund has also supported 71, 263 lecturers, under the Teacher’s Supervision Programme. Over 2 million books and 152, 000 E-resources have been procured by Tetfund.
Where the apostle of research and development comes in, is in the improvement of funds for The National Research Fund which had started with a seed money of just 3 billion naira in 2011. Bogoro saw to the growth of this fund by well over 50 percent, to an unprecedented 8.5 billion naira in 2021. So far, 9 billion has been accessed by lecturers to fund their research activities. Tetfund played a significant role in Covid 19 research.
True to Bogoro’s advocacy for improved research and development, the Federal Government just received a draft executive bill for the establishment of the National Research and Development Foundation, midwifed by Tetfund. Bogoro who received the bill on behalf of the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, thanked the Justice ministry for drafting its staff to the exercise. This is a clear drive in turning Nigeria into a knowledge driven economy.
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