The Vice Chancellor, Kogi State University, (KOSU), Kabba , Professor Kehinde Eniola has said that the proposed scraping of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund. (TETFUND) by the federal government would spelt doom for tertiary institutions in the country.
Professor Eniola who stated this during the 2nd pre-matriculation press briefing at the campus of the university in Kabba on Monday, said the impact made so far by TETFUND in various institutions of higher learning in Nigeria can not be over emphasized.
He however advised the government to regulate or stop foreign training of lecturers and invest such fund in developing public tertiary institutions to make them viable for training and retraining of lecturers and other staff.
“The area of TETFUND the federal government should scape is foreign training because the cost of sending lecturers for training in abroad if injected into tertiary institutions it will effect development.
“Secondly, most knowledge acquired abroad as a result of training are not applicable or relevant here in our country therefore we need to look inward and solve our problems within the country. Tetfund intervention is what is keeping tertiary institutions moving in this country , scraping it will have catastrophic effects to the beneficiaries” the VC said.
Speaking on the second matriculation of the Kogi State University Kabba slated for Tuesday 25th February, 2025, the Vice Chancellor disclosed that 1,060 new students of the institution would be matriculating for 2024/2025 academic session out of over 3,000 candidates that applied for admission.
He notes that the matriculation would availed the institution to cerebrate students who are performing excellently in their various departments, stressing that the university would train students to be leaders of today that would contribute to the development of the Kogi state and Nigeria at large.
The Vice Chancellor who was visibly excited during the press briefing also revealed that the university has made a remarkable achievements especially in the areas of academics, completion of new structures, road network within the campus , provision of two hostels for male and female students among others.
“Aside these achievements, 750 students of this institution have benefited from Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND). This according to him will ease the burden of paying school fees which many parents find difficult to do as a result of the current economic situation” he said.
The Vice Chancellor called on individuals, corporate organizations to support government in developing the university.