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Ex-Perm Sec, Echono, is new TETFund Executive Secretary

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Sunny Echono as the new Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund).

Echono takes over from Prof. Sulaiman Bogoro whose five-year tenure ends on March 18.

Bogoro was initially appointed by former President Goodluck Jonathan in April 2014, was replaced and re-appointed.

Echono is as an accomplished technocrat with wealth of experience spanning infrastructure, business administration, procurement management, ICT and the education sectors.

Prior to his appointment, Echono served as Permanent Secretary Federal Ministry of Education and member, Board of Trustees of TETfund among other national assignments.

He bagged a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, in 1983, Masters in Architecture, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, in 1985, Post-Graduate Diploma in Management from the University of Calabar.

He also holds a Masters in Procurement Management from the University of Turin, Italy, among other qualifications.

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