BREAKING: Sponsored Nigerian Students In Foreign Institutions Abscond – TETFund Raises Alarm

BREAKING: Sponsored Nigerian Students In Foreign Institutions Abscond – TETFund Raises Alarm

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) expressed concern on the significant number of beneficiaries studying in foreign institutions who have absconded.

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The Executive Secretary of the Fund, Arc. Sonny Echono, made this observation while addressing journalists at the TETFund performance review meeting in Makurdi, the Benue State capital.

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Echono emphasized that TETFund maintains a database of individuals who have abandoned their programs in foreign institutions and is taking appropriate legal measures to rectify this irregularity.

“We have a database now, which we are refining each time because the institutions are the ones submitting the report, although it is a difficult thing to get the accurate report.

“Some did not abscond but they exceeded their course period. Some have extensions in their programme but we have a very good idea and the number is not encouraging.

“I can tell you that even the security agencies are also becoming interested and they are looking at that.

“I don’t want to give figures because it’s alarming. Sadly, this opportunity is being abused.

“Others have returned home but did not complete the minimum of their bond before deciding to relocate.

“If you are supposed to do four years on your bond before you become free and you do only two, we take you as having absconded,” Echono said.