Tinubu Approves N2.8bn for Universities, N1.9bn for Polytechnics in 2025 TETFund Disbursement

By Our Correspondent On Mar 14, 2025 261 0

President Bola Tinubu has approved an annual direct disbursement of N2.8 billion for each university, N1.9 billion for polytechnics, and N2.1 billion for colleges of education as part of a N700 billion allocation to tertiary institutions through the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) in 2025.

The Executive Secretary of TETFund, Sonny Echono, announced this during the 2025 Strategic Planning Meeting with heads of tertiary institutions in Abuja. He called on all beneficiary institutions to fully utilise their 2024 and previous allocations while expediting the procurement process to access their 2025 funds.

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Echono urged institutional heads to commence early implementation of their allocations, consult with their communities, and ensure timely payments to contractors and vendors. He outlined the allocation structure, revealing that 91.08% of the funds would be distributed directly, comprising 48.90% for annual direct disbursement and 42.18% for special direct disbursement. Additionally, 8.72% is earmarked for designated projects, while 0.20% is allocated to stabilisation funds.

He emphasised that intervention activities have been significantly expanded in line with national priorities outlined in the Education Sector Road Map under President Tinubu’s administration, as spearheaded by the Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa.

Echono also highlighted the government’s directive to focus physical infrastructure development allocations for 2025 on upgrading, rehabilitating, and renovating dilapidated facilities in beneficiary institutions.

“This directive was communicated earlier to enable institutions to consult widely and prepare their projects in advance. Beneficiaries are encouraged to utilise their consultancy and physical planning units in preparing projects under the current disbursement cycle,” he said.

The Executive Secretary noted that TETFund had significantly increased allocations for research and innovation, academic staff training and development, as well as manuscript and book development. Additionally, the number of institutions benefiting from special and designated projects has been expanded.