The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) don announce say e go start new electric campus shuttle bus system for 12 pilot higher institutions by November 2025.
TETFund Executive Secretary, Sonny Echono, yarn this one for Abuja when National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) visit am, led by their National Secretary, Comrade Shedrack Anzaku.
Echono talk say the new electric shuttle na part of President Bola Tinubu plan to improve student welfare, promote innovation and inclusion for schools.
According to am, the electric bus go dey managed by students themselves so accountability go strong and the project go last long. Each campus go get charging station and the ride go cheap well-well make all students fit afford am.
“Students dey suffer many wahala and dey waste time waka for campus, especially those wey no dey stay inside school. From next month, we go start the electric shuttle service for some schools,” Echono talk.
He still explain say the project na one part of bigger plan wey include better hostel, steady light, and fine infrastructure wey go make education for Nigeria better pass before.
Echono talk say TETFund don already invest for student hostels inside 72 schools and dem go begin commission the buildings from December. Dem still dey work on research labs, digital learning, and renewable energy projects to raise education standard.
He add say all these na to support the federal government target wey wan make every Nigerian pikin get access to quality education through programs like National Student Loan Scheme wey NELFund dey handle.
For him own side, NANS National Secretary, Comrade Anzaku, hail TETFund for the plenty better work wey dem don do for schools, say many buildings and projects for campus today no go exist if no be TETFund.
As Nigeria dey push go electric and gas vehicles since fuel subsidy comot for 2023, auto expert Richard Akpodiete still advice say make the country start with hybrid cars before full electric ones. E talk say Germany succeed because dem balance regulation, incentives, and strong energy system.
TETFund self don get biggest allocation ever — ₦1.6 trillion for 2025 projects. ₦70 billion go energy projects like solar and gas system, and ₦25 billion go campus security and street lights.
