ECHONO: Repositioning TETFUND Towards Achieving Results. By ABUBAKAR YUSUF.

The Tertiary Institution Trust Fund, TETFUND, was established to mitigate both academic and infrastructure development of tertiary education in Nigeria, along with funding for research and other basic needs in Nigeria.   The new helmsman under the leadership of Arc Sunday Echono took over from his successor , Professor Bogoro after his term of office expired in January this year.   Arc Echono, a highly revered prince of idoma land was a trained technocrat and bureaucrat who was at one time or the other, a former permanent secretary in the…