TETFUND Intervention and Physical Infrastructure in Selected Universities in North Central Nigeria (2018-2024)

Nigeria’s tertiary institutions are in a state of advanced decay, with most of the teaching staff leaving the country for higher degrees abroad. Inadequate funding has resulted in poor infrastructural facilities. Teaching and learning facilities, library, research and publication facilities are in short supply. To salvage this situation, the Federal Government of Nigeria formulated a policy to intervene in the development of tertiary institutions through the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND). The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) served as an interventionist agency. This study aimed to assess the impact of TETfund interventions on the provision of physical infrastructures in selected universities in North-Central Nigeria. The study used a descriptive survey design. The population consisted of staff and management of three selected Universities in North-Central Nigeria. A well-structured questionnaire was used as an instrument for data collection. The data analysis was done using a frequency table and simple percentages, and the hypotheses were tested using Chi-Square statistic. The findings revealed that TETfund had intervened in constructing and furnishing academic staff offices, providing chairs and tables, building academic research centres of excellence, and constructing and renovating classrooms and lecture theatres in North Central universities. It was recommended that the federal government should increase funding of TETfund to enable it expand its scope of interventions in the development of physical infrastructures in North-Central universities in Nigeria.