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A Nigerian university lecturer has called on the National Assembly to amend the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) Act to allow private universities access to funding under the scheme.
Dr. Sikiru Nurudeen, Associate Professor of Political Science at Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, said the current TETFund law unfairly excludes private institutions, limiting their ability to build infrastructure, support research, and develop academic programmes.
“Private universities train a significant portion of Nigeria’s future workforce and should be included in interventions that strengthen higher education,” he said.
Currently, the TETFund Act restricts funding to public tertiary institutions including federal and state universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education, leaving private universities without access to the billions of naira collected from the education tax.
Nurudeen urged lawmakers to revise the law so that both public and private universities can benefit from research grants, infrastructure development and staff capacity building.
He argue that including private universities would help bridge infrastructure gaps, improve research output, and raise academic standards nationwide.
Review TETFund Act to include private universities – Lecturer urges NASS
