The Federal Government has approved N48b to 12 selected universities for engineering upgrades.
Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, made this disclosure on Monday at the inauguration of the Implementation Committee on Tertiary Education Trust Fund Special High-Impact Intervention Projects in Abuja.
Alausa said the funds would either upgrade existing facilities or support the construction of new engineering workshops where necessary while adding that an additional N20 billion has been provided in the 2026 TETFund guidelines to upgrade engineering facilities in other selected universities.
According to him, beneficiary institutions to receive N4 billion each include:
Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State
Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State
Federal University of Technology, Babura, Jigawa State
Federal University of Technology, Ikot-Abasi, Akwa-Ibom State
Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Imo State
Nigerian Army University, Biu, Borno State
African Aviation and Aerospace University, Abuja
Shehu Shagari University of Education, Sokoto State
Enugu State University of Medical and Applied Sciences
University of Ilesha, Osun
Delta State University
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University