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ETFund Inaugurates Committee To Undertake Impact Assessment

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September 11, 2019

Executive Secretary, Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) Prof. Suleiman Bogoro,

has inaugurated a Technical Advisory Committee on Impact Assessment (TACIA), to undertake and produce the strategic plan for the fund.

Bogoro, while inaugurating the committee in Abuja on Wednesday, charged them to come up with recommendations that would address areas of need in the education sector.

According to him, a nation cannot survive without focusing attention on research and as such urged members of the committee to come up with ways to address this.

“We at TETFund are determined to maintain our status, one of the most visible, impactful and relevant intervention agencies that has become a model in Africa.

“We have some of the very best experts in this team. They have operated, known the theory of impact assessment and applied this to developmental progress.

“The TACIA has been carefully picked to reflect some of the best experts in development work, research, and scholarship.

“We hope that with further consultative, some policies may emerge and impact on the intervention.

“It is the responsibility of all to undertake a very serious assignment for nation building,” he said.

The executive secretary disclosed that the Board of Trustees of the fund had agreed that in subsequent budget, more fund would be committed into research.

Bogoro further called on TACIA to help identify areas that needed improvement to enable the fund work upon those areas.

Responding, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, National President, Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU) noted that ASUU shared the same vision with TETFund while promising to do its best for the country’s educational system.

“ASUU is pleased to be part of the project. The exercise is not only going to energise TETFund but will make TETFund achieve its target.

“Our expectation is that the core value that throws ASUU to this task – objectivity, research and interest of the nation will be achieved,” he said.

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the committee is expected to carry out impact assessment of TETFund intervention from 1999 to 2010.

It will also determine the level of implementation of ETF/TETFund mandates and effectiveness.

Other function of the committee is to determine the achievement, challenges and weaknesses recorded and observed in the course of implementation of existing projects, programmes and intervention lines of the fund.

The committee is, however, expected to submit a report on or before November 29.

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Nigeria Will Take Good Shape In No Distant Time- Olawande

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September 16, 2024

The Gleamer

Joel Ajayi

The Minister of State for Youth Development, Ayodele Olawande has urged the citizens of the country to be patient with the Administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in transforming the lives of its citizens through various policies and programs of the federal government.

The Minister made this submission while delivering his speech at the Joint Union Negotiating Council’s week of the Federal Ministry of Youth Development branch. This is the first edition since both Ministries of Youth and Sports had been damaged. The JUNC week which was held at Atiku Hall, Office of Head of Civil Service of the Federation in Abuja had its theme: “The working people in a volatile, uncertain, and complex economy”

In the words of the Honourable Minister: “I urge you to be patient with this administration. In no distant time, the country will take good shape and the lives of its citizens will be transformed”.

“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is not a pauper, he is an acknowledged epitome of wealth, and so it cannot be said of him that he desires to loot the treasury of Nigeria. He has seen money and as a result of this, he is not interested in looting the nation’s treasury”, Olawande explained.

He emphasized that “leadership is all about being committed to serve. If you are a Minister now, tomorrow you will be addressed as a former Minister, likewise a Director because there is no permanent position but the impact that you made while in that office will speak after you”, the Minister reiterated.

Olawande expressed his gratitude to the workers of the Ministry for being supportive of the government policies and programs. He promised that the welfare of the staff would not be compromised, adding that workers deserve remuneration for being hardworking.

Earlier in his address, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Mr. Olubunmi Olusanya admonished the staff of the Ministry to put in their best as “Performance Management System” which replaces APER is the criteria to be used for promotion effective next year. This, according to him is because the Performance Management System (PMS) records the best efforts and input of each staff which will in turn be used to grade such staff.

Olusanya who disclosed that the welfare of the staff is his priority as workers deserve the best for the services rendered. He opined that “the hungry man is angry and as a worker, if you are not treated fairly and properly, it is impossible to get the best out of you. As a result, all staff will be treated properly as motivation to propel the best in you”, he concluded.

The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs. Esther Didi Walson-Jack, OON, MNI, in her address, informed that the activity to reinvigorate the Civil Service in a bid to ensure that Civil Servants carry out their duties with much diligence to have efficient and incorruptible civil service is currently on course. She advised workers to wake up and be committed to the service of the nation.

In his closing remarks, Mr. Jerry Akume, the General Secretary of the Union expressed his delight in celebrating this year’s edition of the Union week, while highlighting the achievements of the union so far. These include:

Upward review of staff welfare, prompt payment of repatriation allowances, payment of first 28 days allowance, assistance to the sick, general training of staff, and sending forth/retirement package for retired staff.

He also appealed to the Management of the Ministry, saying that irrespective of the aforementioned achievements, a lot still needs to be done in such areas as procurement of staff buses, upward review of welfare payment for festive periods, consistent general staff training, and procurement of office and work materials.

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