Buhari increases research grants to N7.5bn
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund has received approval to increase the National Research Fund to N7.5 billion for the year 2020 from its initial N3 billion.
The executive secretary also said that Buhari approved the establishment of six medical simulation research and clinical training facilities in six colleges of medicine in each geopolitical zone this year. “The BOT also approved that TETFund sponsors some COVID-19 Research proposals to the tune of over N200 million, mainly from Universities and NAFDAC, this being one of the reasons TETFund has recently been made the Secretariat for the Nigeria Covid-19 Research Consortium R&D.”
Chairman of the board, Alhaji Kashim Ibrahim-Imam, said the fund constructed 80 auditoriums and lecture theatres in the 223 beneficiary institutions between 2011 and 2019.
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