The Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Dr. Abdullahi Bichi Baffa has said that conducting quality research in the nation’s public tertiary institutions will not only engender national growth but will also raise the standard and the global competitiveness of Nigeria’s education system.
This is even as he disclosed that since the inception of the fund, with the seed fund of N3 billion, about N1.72billion has been disbursed to finance researchers in different areas. The TETFund boss disclosed this Thursday, in Abuja while inaugurating two committees, the National Research Fund Screening and Monitoring Committee (NRF&MC) and the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) on Book Development.
He maintained that to achieve research and development driven socio economic process in the country, a coordinated, properly focused and cutting edge researchers in all critical areas are required to be anchored by scholars in the higher education institutions.
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