The Federal Government has disbursed N38.93 billion to 166 public tertiary institutions throughout Nigeria beneath the Needs Assessment Revitalisation Fund to deal with infrastructure gaps and enhance educating and studying amenities.
This was revealed in an announcement issued by the Head of Media on the Federal Ministry of Finance, Mrs Efe Ovuakporie, in Abuja on Sunday, in accordance to the News Agency of Nigeria.
The disbursement covers 79 universities, 46 polytechnics, and 41 faculties of training.
Universities obtain largest share of the fund
Universities obtained the most important share of the disbursement, with N28.5 billion allotted to them, whereas polytechnics obtained N5.8 billion and faculties of training had been allotted N4.7 billion.
Ovuakporie mentioned the intervention was additionally supposed to help the implementation of agreed measures beneath the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
She mentioned the funds had been anticipated to allow beneficiary institutions to start or proceed authorised tasks concentrating on important infrastructure gaps and different recognized institutional wants.
Ministry urges coordination to guarantee efficient use of funds
Ovuakporie burdened the significance of efficient coordination amongst related authorities companies and beneficiary institutions to be certain that the disbursed funds translate into tangible enhancements in academic infrastructure.
She additionally suggested members of the general public looking for particulars of the beneficiary institutions and their respective allocations to go to the Federal Ministry of Finance website.
FG’s wider tertiary training funding
The newest disbursement comes amid wider Federal Government efforts to enhance infrastructure, strengthen analysis capability and deal with funding challenges throughout Nigeria’s tertiary training system.
In July 2026, Nairametrics reported that the Federal Government had invested more than N1 trillion in tertiary education over two years, with funding directed in direction of infrastructure, institutional capability and entry to increased training.
In September 2026, Nairametrics reported that the Federal Government planned to strengthen Nigeria’s national tertiary institution ranking system, following the discharge of the Times Higher Education 2026 rankings, which featured 24 Nigerian universities. The report additionally highlighted the federal government’s said funding of greater than N1 trillion in increased training over two years.
In March 2026, the Federal Government approved N4 billion each for 12 universities to rehabilitate engineering workshops and procure fashionable tools beneath the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) Special High-Impact Intervention Projects.
In January 2026, TETFund announced plans to disburse N6.452 billion to beneficiary tertiary institutions beneath its 2026 intervention cycle, protecting universities, polytechnics and faculties of training. The intervention covers infrastructure, analysis and tutorial improvement.
