The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) has been urged by Cross River State Governor Benedict Ayade to expand instructional initiatives at the state's higher education institutions.
At the Federal Government College Obudu's inauguration of projects totaling more over 274 million Naira, he spoke via the State Commissioner for Education, Godwin Akpanke.
Ayade praised TETFUND for the initiatives and all of the interventions made in government institutions.
The governor stated that "the TETFUND legislation' authors should be praised for bringing advancements to the nation's public tertiary institutions.
“We commend TETFUND for these projects and all the ones executed in our State-owned institutions. We encourage them to continue to do more.”
Speaking earlier, Minister of State, Power, Goddy Jedy-Agba, commended the management of the institution for the judicious use of resources, as well as timely completion of the projects.
Jedy-Agba expressed happiness that the projects had given the school a face-lift, maintaining that the projects would enhance teaching and learning amongst staff and students.
He urged the institution to maintain the projects appropriately to inspire government to do more.
Executive Secretary of TETFUND, Arc. Sonny Echono, said that the projects were executed through the 2015/2018 normal intervention funds.
He added that TETFUND have many other projects lined up for commissioning in about twelve different locations across the country.