Nigeria, Jan. 30 -- The Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, has said the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) will not fund new constructions in 2025.

Mr Alausa said the Fund will only focus on maintenance of existing facilities in tertiary institutions.

Speaking on Channels Television's Politics Today on Tuesday, he said the directive, which came from President Bola Tinubu, has also been communicated to TETFund Executive Secretary, Sonny Echono.

"One priority area we're going to be doing is to fix these infrastructures. Rehabilitate, improve and get them to a very high standard," he said on the television programme.

"Enough of building new buildings. I just had a meeting with the TETFund executive secretary yesterday to communica...