President Bola Tinubu has appointed former Katsina State Governor Aminu Masari as the new Chairman of the Board of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund).

The appointment was announced in a statement on Tuesday by presidential spokesman Ajuri Ngelale. Alongside Masari, six other individuals have been named as board members: Senator Sani Danladi, Sunday Adepoju, Nurudeen Adeyemi, Esther Onyinyechukwu Ukachukwu, Turaki Ibrahim, and Aboh Eduyok.

According to the statement, “The President expects the new members of the board of this pivotal institutional vehicle to be dedicated and committed to driving TETFund’s objective of providing the needed support for tertiary education with a view to enhancing the productivity and quality of higher education.”