The National Association of Nigerian Students has been enlisted by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund to oversee its programmes in tertiary institutions across the nation.
The organisation also stated that through public-private partnerships, it will enhance the accommodations for students in colleges.
The TETFund’s executive secretary, Sonny Echono said this while handing NANS a 30-seat bus on Monday in Abuja.
Echono noted that students were at the focus of any educational policy and that TETFund was likewise committed to meeting their needs through ongoing communication with NANS.
“Education is about students and how to equip them with the right skills and knowledge to contribute to development.
“TETFund is consulting with them to find out their needs and with significant engagement, we want them to be our eyes in tertiary institutions.
“We want to identify in each campus a contact person to confirm whether our intervention is yielding fruit.
“The fund will continue to work with students to improve on students accomodations through Public Private Partnership and the private sector,” he said.
While reacting, the National President of NANS, Usman Barambu, applauded TETFund for donating the bus following their request to President Bola Tinubu few weeks ago.
“TETFund has been helpful to higher education. We will ensure we do our best to monitor the contractors on our campuses to ensure they deliver quality projects.
“There should also be a disciplinary measure put in place to sanction contractors that deviate in what they are supposed to do,” Barambu said.
