BREAKING: FG approves N48 billion to 12 selected universities for engineering upgrades
Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, disclosed this on Monday at the inauguration of the Implementation Committee on Tertiary Education Trust Fund Special High-Impact Intervention Projects in Abuja.
Beneficiary institutions to receive N4 billion each include:
1. Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State
2. Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State
3. Federal University of Technology, Babura, Jigawa State
4. Federal University of Technology, Ikot-Abasi, Akwa-Ibom State
5. Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Imo State
6. Nigerian Army University, Biu, Borno State
7. African Aviation and Aerospace University, Abuja
8. Shehu Shagari University of Education, Sokoto State
9. Enugu State University of Medical and Applied Sciences
10. University of Ilesha, Osun.
11. Delta State University
12. Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University
Alausa said the funds would either upgrade existing facilities or support the construction of new engineering workshops where necessary while adding that an additional N20 billion has been provided in the 2026 TETFund guidelines to upgrade engineering facilities in other selected universities.