The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has reiterated its commitment to promptly complete its physical infrastructure interventions in Nigerian tertiary institutions.

TETFund executive secretary Sunny Echono gave the pledge at the opening ceremony of a two-day workshop which the organisation held on Wednesday in Owerri for its desk officers.

Mr Echono noted that as desk officers of the TETFund’s various intervention lines, they would play a significant role in the conception, reconciliation and implementation of the Fund’s programmes and processes.

Mr Echono added that the workshop was aimed at engaging with TETFund and discussing ways to improve its operations and smoothen the process of accessing interventions and their implementation by beneficiary institutions.

“You are the critical intermediary between the Fund and your chief executives who are the accounting officers of the intervention allocations. This workshop is, therefore, expected to bridge the gap between the Fund and our beneficiary institutions regarding our procedures and processes with regards to all our intervention lines,” Mr Echono explained.

Mr Echono said the agency had already taken proactive steps to address issues related to distressed projects across institutions, by revisiting its audit process and implementing a robust monitoring and evaluation policy.

Mr Echono urged the desk heads to utilise the workshop to discuss issues affecting their various institutions and the Fund’s intervention lines.

TETFund’s chief administration officer (Academic Staff Training and Development Department) Adeboye Iwajomo said the agency also provided support for post-doctoral fellowship programmes.

He explained that one-year post-doctoral fellowship programmes were in the national priority areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

(NAN)