The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) has affirmed its commitment to providing all necessary intervention funds for the development of infrastructure and research facilities at the newly established African University of Aviation in Nigeria.
The Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, Sonny Echono gave the assurance when he received the Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo who led the leadership of the University of Aviation on a courtesy call to the Fund headquarters in Abuja.
Echono commended the minister for his patriotic zeal, standing up for what is right as well as his doggedness in ensuring the smooth take off the institution.
He reiterated that TETFUND shall extend the necessary intervention and special intervention Fund as well as assist in the architectural design to ensure that the university meets the global standards as a special institution.
Echono, however, promised to communicate the request of the minister and the school management to the board of TETfund, while highlighting the importance of the institution to the country’s Aviation sector and the Nigerian economy.
In his earlier remarks, the minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo appreciated the E.S. for assisting in bringing the institution to fruition as a permanent secretary in the federal ministry of education.
Keyamo who revealed that his visit was to ask for some intervention assistance from TETFund to enable the Aviation University to move to a permanent site, specifically requested for intervention in infrastructural development.