President Muhamadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Arc Sunday S.T. Echono as the new Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND).

Echono, the immediate past Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Education, takes over from Prof. Sulaiman Elias Bogoro, whose five year tenure will end on March 18, 2022.

This was contained in a terse statement signed by the Director, Press and Public Relations at the federal ministry of education, Ben. Bem Goong.

“President Muhamadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Arc Sunday S.T. Echono as the new Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND). He takes over from Prof. Sulaiman Elias Bogoro whose 5 year tenure will end on 18th March 2022.”

“Described as an accomplished technocrat, Arc Echono brings to the job, diverse wealth of experience spanning Infrastructure, business administration, procurement management, ICT and the education sectors.

“Prior to his appointment he had served as Permanent Secretary Fed. Min of Education and Member, Board of Trustees of TETfund among other important National assignments,” the statement read.