Minister commissions TETFUND projects at FCE Obudu Cross River State
Goddy Jedy-Agba, the Minister of State for Power, has inaugurated a Tertiary Education Trust Fund Projects worth over N274,000,000.00 at the Federal College of Education (FCE), Obudu in Cross River State on Friday, September 9, 2022.
The Federal Government through TETFUND constructed a science complex comprising six laboratories, one auditorium, twenty-nine offices, a gym hall as well as a storey building comprising four classroom blocks and ten offices.
Inaugurating the projects cited at the main campus of the college, Prince Jedy-Agba commended the school management for the prudent use of resources as exemplified in the timely completion of the projects.
He said that the feat was a testament to the commitment of President Muhammadu Buhari to improving infrastructural development in tertiary institutions in the country.
In his goodwill message at the occasion, the Cross River State Governor, Senator (Prof.) Ben Ayade commended TETFUND for the projects as well as all the interventions done in the state-owned institutions.
Governor Ayade who was represented by the State Commissioner for Education, Dr. Godwin Amanke thanked TETFUND and encouraged them to continue to do more. The Executive Secretary of TETFUND, Architect Sonny Echono who was represented on the occasion by the Director, Monitoring, and Evaluation of Intervention Agency, Architect Babajide Olajide added that TETFUND has many other projects lined up for commissioning in about twelve different locations across the country.
The Provost of the college, Dr. Richard Ugbaha in his welcome address said categorically that the best thing to have happened to tertiary education in Nigeria was the establishment of TETFUND which is a bold step that has helped to provide institutions with the basic infrastructure and educational needs required for effective teaching and learning which FCE Obudu has benefited immensely.
Dr. Ugbaha commended the President and other stakeholders for the projects and appealed to the Federal Government to also look into providing the college with a solar power farm, hostel accommodation, furnishing of the 2012/2013 theatre arts auditorium as well as fencing of the Bebi campus of the institution.
By: Archibong Emmanuel
(Snr. Reporter)
