The Government Secretary, Tertiary Schooling Belief Fund (TETFund), Sonny Echono, has extolled the invaluable contributions of Nigerian diplomats to coverage formulation and curriculum growth for careers in Diplomacy and Worldwide Relations.
The Government Secretary who’s all the time excited at actions geared in direction of educational growth and enhancement of each instructing and studying throughout tertiary establishments, has additionally pledged the Fund’s help for overseas coverage journals.
Echono spoke earlier within the week on the 2024 Annual Overseas Coverage Lecture organised by the Affiliation of Retired Profession Ambassadors of Nigeria (ARCAN).
Whereas commending members of the affiliation for his or her service to the nation and contributions to the event of training by the overseas coverage journal, he acknowledged that given the wealthy content material of the annual publication, copies could be made accessible in all libraries of TETFund beneficiary establishments that supply programs in Worldwide Relations and different associated fields for the advantage of their college students.
He stated: “I’m significantly glad that ARCAN prolonged the gesture of inviting us to be a part of this occasion; and to underline our collaboration in making certain that each division of Worldwide Relations, Political Science and all college students aspiring to make a profession in Diplomacy or Overseas Service have entry to high quality journals and publications.
“That’s the reason by TETFund’s Journal Intervention, we’re going to be certain that each establishment will get copies of this journal and subscribes to it.” Past this gesture, he assured that digital copies of the journal could be made accessible to customers on TETFund’s Tertiary Schooling Analysis, Functions and Providers (TERAS) platform.
Little doubt, Echono’s gesture in direction of ARCAN’s publications mirrored his dedication to selling training and analysis in Nigeria. A number of the Fund’s interventions in beneficiary establishments below his management embody capability constructing for educational workers, fostering analysis excellence in public tertiary establishments in addition to offering sources for library growth.
By making the overseas coverage journal accessible to college students, TETFund aimed to reinforce their understanding of diplomacy and worldwide relations, in the end contributing to enhanced overseas coverage information base.
This hinges on the content material, which presents useful insights, evaluation and views on world points, developments and dynamics in worldwide relations. This, he believed, will assist in deepening understanding of overseas coverage points, ideas and theories whereas present evaluation and knowledgeable opinions that can function useful resource for college students.
The Visitor Speaker on the occasion was the President, Financial Group of West African States (ECOWAS), Dr. Omar Alieu Touray, who spoke on the theme of the occasion “Consolidating Democracy and Integration in ECOWAS: The Journey So Far” with Minister of Overseas Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar as Chairman.
Additionally, in his pursuit for transparency accountability, the E.S has initiated a collaboration with the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee (EFCC) in direction of making certain considered utilization of intervention funds by beneficiary establishments.
The collaboration between the companies was sealed when the Fund’s administration went on a courtesy go to to the Chairman of the anti-graft fee, Ola Olukoyede, in his workplace.
Echono had acknowledged that the go to was to indicate TETFund’s approval of the Fee’s efforts, significantly in making certain that Schooling Tax entrusted to the Fund to enhance the training panorama of the nation is judiciously and prudently utilized.
He famous that to fight monetary infractions, the Fund had prior to now, taken some preventive measures resembling collaboration with the Bureau for Public Procurement (BPP) to teach heads of beneficiary establishments on procurement processes. He subsequently solicited an analogous engagement between EFCC and the Fund’s beneficiary establishments.
Whereas figuring out contract system enchancment as an space of focus with the EFCC, Echono expressed hope that the go to will ship a powerful sign to beneficiary establishments and their contractors on the necessity for probity and considered utilization of taxpayers’ cash.
The EFCC boss, Olukoyede, was impressed in regards to the go to and he pledged to create consciousness that the companies’ collaboration.
He stated: “When individuals turn into conscious that we’re working collectively, it can ship a sign throughout to those that need to lower corners or play good.”
He urged the E.S to proceed to exhibit probity and accountability within the discharge of his duties contemplating the diploma of belief has been positioned on his shoulders.
“Belief is a burden, a giant one certainly, significantly if you find yourself able to be centered and do the precise factor. There shall be distractions right here and there, particularly within the setting the place individuals are used to slicing corners. However the onus is on us to do the precise factor”, Olukoyede stated.
