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Governor Alex Otti of Abia State, says his administration will do everything possible to claim accumulated and unclaimed funds earmarked for the State Owned by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND).
Governor Otti made this pledge when he received in audience a delegation of the House of Representatives Committee on TETFUND and Other Services led by its Chairman, Hon. Princess Miriam Odinakachi Onuoha at the Government House Umuahia.
The Governor who stated that there is massive work required to bring the education sector to an acceptable standard in the State, said that there is no better time to look for the TETFUND interventions than now.
Governor Otti decried the level of dilapidation in public schools in the State and the level of ruins its structures were subjected to, noting however that he would take immediate action to salvage the situation as bemoaning a problem alone does not solve it.
Earlier, the leader of the delegation and Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on TETFUND and Other Services, Hon. Princess Miriam Odinakachukwu Onuoha, said that they were in the State as part of its oversight functions having discovered that Abia is among the States with an accumulation of unclaimed TETFUND funds to find out the cause and impediment as well proffer solutions.
Princess Onuoha disclosed that the House has created a separate Standing Committee on TETFUND to ensure better accountability and show for judicious utilization of the amounts released for TETFUND.
She said that the House has relaxed some of the stringent conditions causing the delay, providing an opportunity for the committee to speak with beneficiaries, stakeholders on areas of challenges as well assist them in ensuring that the backlogs are cleared.
She noted that her committee will work with Abia State government and the Tertiary institutions in the State to ensure that the State gets their right slice of the TETFUND intervention.
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