Prof. Amidu Sanni- Private varsities need to be assisted by TETFund

Professor Amidu Sanni, vice chancellor fountain university has appeal to the Federal Government to include private universities as beneficiaries of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND).

While Addressing a press conference on Wednesday in Osogbo during the combined 10th and 11th convocation ceremony held at the University’s Senate Building, Prof. Amidu stressed the need for all private institutions to be assisted financially by TETFUND as they also contribute to societal development.

According to him “The Federal Government needs to know that a Nigerian student who is either priviledged or not to be in a private university would go back to serve the same community after school and no one will ask them during their National Youth Service Corps whether they were from a private or public universities. So, if the Federal government through TETFUND or any other means can give tuition scholarships to any Nigerian student in private universities, that would be a great assistant to parents.”