TETFund Hosts National Townhall To Deepen Public Engagement

As portion of efforts to fortify transparency and stakeholder engagement, the Board of Trustees of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has announced plans to big a National Townhall Meeting successful Abuja connected Wednesday, October 8, 2025.

The event, which volition beryllium chaired by the Board Chairman of TETFund, Rt. Hon. Aminu Bello Masari, is scheduled to clasp astatine the A-Class Park and Event Centre, Wuse II, Abuja.

According to a connection by the Special Assistant to the Chairman, Dr. Mansur D. Liman, the gathering aims to foster unfastened dialog betwixt TETFund and cardinal acquisition stakeholders, portion highlighting the Fund’s achievements and interaction connected Nigeria’s tertiary acquisition landscape.

Masari explained that the inaugural underscores TETFund’s dedication to accountability and nationalist engagement.

“This Townhall Meeting volition service arsenic an important level to span the spread betwixt TETFund and the Nigerian public, ensuring that our mandate and interventions are amended understood and appreciated nationwide,” helium said.

The gathering volition diagnostic 2 keynote presentations from distinguished acquisition leaders.

Prof. Abubakar Rasheed erstwhile Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), volition talk connected “TETFund successful the Eyes of the Public,” portion Prof. Umaru Pate, Vice Chancellor of the Federal University, Kashere, Gombe State, volition present a insubstantial connected “Tertiary Education successful Nigeria and the Relevance of TETFund.”

Participants expected astatine the forum see policymakers, academics, civilian nine representatives, students, and members of the wide public.

The interactive sessions volition let attendees to prosecute straight with TETFund enactment and stock ideas for improving the Fund’s operations and interventions.

“The Townhall Meeting is portion of TETFund’s committedness to transparency, accountability, and stakeholder engagement. It is designed to explicate the mandate of TETFund to Nigerians, item its achievements and interaction connected tertiary acquisition since establishment, supply a level for dialog betwixt TETFund, stakeholders, and the public,” the connection said.

The gathering is portion of TETFund’s broader strategy to heighten transparency and inclusiveness successful managing resources that enactment infrastructure development, research, and innovation crossed Nigeria’s tertiary institutions.