Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has pledged to associate with Rural Electrification Agency, REA, to present uninterrupted power in universities and different tertiary institutions within the nation.
The Executive Secretary of TETFund, Arc. Sonny Echono, acknowledged this on Tuesday throughout a courtesy go to to his workplace by the Managing Director of REA, Salihijo Ahmad, in Abuja.
Echono famous that the significance of regular power provide in tertiary institutions can’t be over-emphasized, commending the Energizing Education Programme (EEP) programme by REA in choose universities and educating hospitals throughout the nation.
“There is sheer acceptance that this is important for us as we move to improve not just the physical infrastructure but also ICT infrastructure and research infrastructure in our institutions.
“A lot of these require constant supply of power. There are certain samples you must put at certain temperature for a prolonged period. There are certain operations you do in medical laboratory that you cannot afford power to cease even for a second.
“And, if we really want to guarantee a learning environment that can compete with others across the globe, one of the primary things we can do is to guarantee power in our campuses,” Echono stated.
The TETFund boss additionally referred to as on REA to revamp the challenge in a few of the beneficiary institutions which have encountered challenges with the EEP.
According to him, TETFund would discover the potential for getting long term financing from African Development Bank (AfDB) for subsequent editions of the scheme.
“You can get long term finance at affordable interest rate and it will enable us do more,” Echono stated.
Meanwhile, Salihijo, stated the EEP, which was focused at offering sustainable and clear power provide to 37 federal universities and 7 college educating hospitals throughout the nation has already commenced in 24 universities and choose educating hospitals.
