The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has rejected claims that it provided N325 million in funding to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa State.
The denial follows a petition from the APC Women Leader in Adamawa, Patricia Yakubu, who alleged that the funds had been misappropriated.
In a statement issued by Abdulmumin Oniyangi, the Director of Public Affairs, TETFund dismissed the allegations as false and misleading.
The statement, titled “TETFund Not A Political Party Funder,” described the claims as the work of “desperate individuals” and emphasized that no such funding was provided.
The statement clarified that TETFund had been made aware of a letter purportedly written by Yakubu to the National Security Adviser, which included accusations that the APC received N325 million in funding from the Fund between October 2023 and October 2024. TETFund firmly denied these allegations, calling them “preposterous and totally false.”
To further dispel the allegations, TETFund stated that General Murtala Mohammed College (GMMC) in Yola, where the misappropriation was said to have occurred, is not a beneficiary institution of TETFund.
It added that the Federal College of Education (FCE) Yola, which is a beneficiary, is fully responsible for engaging contractors in accordance with TETFund’s policies.
The Fund also noted that such baseless allegations have become increasingly common but reiterated its commitment to its primary mission: funding the development and improvement of tertiary education in Nigeria.
TETFund urged those behind the accusations to verify their facts to avoid misleading the public.
