Bowen VC faults private varsities’ exclusion from TETFund, NELFUND
- ✦So the brains that are here at Bowen University are being wasted by the Nigerian government because they are not giving them the opportunity,” the VC said.
- The Vice-Chancellor of Bowen University, Iwo, Osun State, Prof. Jonathan Babalola, has described as unfair the Federal Government’s decision not to extend the benefits of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund and the Nigerian Education Loan Fund to students and researchers in privately owned universities.
- “And government will say because they are in a private university, they don’t need help.
- So the brains that are here at Bowen University are being wasted by the Nigerian government because they are not giving them the opportunity,” the VC said.
The Vice-Chancellor of Bowen University, Iwo, Osun State, Prof. Jonathan Babalola, has described as unfair the Federal Government's decision not to extend the benefits of the Tertiary Education Trust…
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The Vice-Chancellor of Bowen University, Iwo, Osun State, Prof. Jonathan Babalola, has described as unfair the Federal Government’s decision not to extend the benefits of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund and the Nigerian Education Loan Fund to students and researchers in privately owned universities.
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Babalola, who spoke in Iwo on Monday while addressing journalists ahead of activities marking the university’s 21st convocation, said the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Registrars of Private Universities had made efforts to convince the Federal Government to extend TETFund and NELFUND support to researchers and students of private universities, respectively.
