The Tertiary Training Belief Fund (TETFund) has introduced plans to launch an electrical campus transportation scheme throughout 12 pilot tertiary establishments in November 2025.
TETFund Government Secretary, Sonny Echono, disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja throughout a courtesy go to by a delegation of the Nationwide Affiliation of Nigerian College students (NANS), led by its Nationwide Secretary, Comrade Shedrack Anzaku, in line with the Information Company of Nigeria (NAN).
Echono mentioned the initiative was designed to ease mobility challenges confronted by college students nationwide. He defined that the undertaking was a part of President Bola Tinubu’s directive to enhance scholar welfare and improve studying environments by way of innovation and inclusion.
In accordance with him, the electrical shuttle service shall be managed by college students to advertise accountability and sustainability, with charging stations arrange inside every taking part campus. The rides, he added, shall be provided at minimal value to make sure affordability for all college students.
“College students presently face many dangers and spend a lot time shifting round campuses, particularly those that reside off-campus.
“From subsequent month, we shall be launching electrical scholar shuttle providers in chosen establishments.
“The autos shall be managed by college students themselves to make sure accountability and sustainability,” Echono said.
The NAN report additional famous that, “He added that the electrical autos would have designated charging factors on every campus, with minimal prices per trip to make sure affordability.”
Echono famous that the transport scheme was one element of a broader set of interventions focused at enhancing lodging, energy provide, and academic infrastructure throughout tertiary establishments in Nigeria.
He additional revealed that TETFund was intensifying investments in scholar hostels throughout 72 establishments and would start commissioning accomplished initiatives from December.
In response, NANS Nationwide Secretary, Comrade Anzaku, counseled TETFund’s transformative influence on campuses, noting that lots of the buildings and services in Nigerian tertiary establishments right this moment exist due to the Fund’s interventions.
Whereas the Federal Authorities pushes for various power sources for mobility, similar to electrical and CNG-powered autos following the elimination of gas subsidy in 2023, automotive skilled Richard Akpodiete advised Nairametrics that Nigeria’s transition ought to start with hybrid choices.
Earlier in August 2025, TETFund acquired a document N1.6 trillion allocation for interventions throughout tertiary establishments, the very best in its historical past. Of this quantity, N70 billion was earmarked for power initiatives, together with photo voltaic and gas-powered techniques, whereas N25 billion was put aside for campus safety infrastructure similar to avenue lighting.
