The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has commissioned two landmark projects worth N4.089 billion at the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University (IBBU), Lapai, Niger State. The projects were executed under the Fund’s 2023 Special High Impact Intervention and 2020/2021 merged interventions.
Speaking at the commissioning ceremony, the Chairman, TETFund Board of Trustees, Hon. Aminu Bello Masari, disclosed that since 2011, the Fund has allocated N15.25 billion to infrastructure related projects at IBB University, out of which N13.04 billion has been accessed.
Masari, a former governor of Katsina State, noted that the newly commissioned facilities reflect TETFund’s continued commitment to the Federal Government’s vision of modernizing tertiary institutions through investments in sustainable power supply, medical training facilities, and ICT innovation.
In his remarks, Niger State Governor Umar Bago, represented by his deputy, Comrade Yakubu Garba, reaffirmed the state government’s commitment to expanding access to higher education.
Earlier, the Vice Chancellor of IBB University, Prof. Mohammed Suleiman, expressed appreciation to TETFund and the state government for their support, describing the commissioning as a milestone in the university’s history and a national investment in the future of higher education.
The newly remodelled Abdulkadir Kure Senate Building features 70 offices, a 200-seat Senate Chamber, a 50-seat Council Chamber, and a 96,000-litre water reservoir. The Faculty of Law Complex comprises 106 offices, lecture theatres, an e-library, boardrooms, and a 450-seat moot court.