Tertiary Education Trust Fund TETFund has assured of its readiness to provide support for King’s College, London, on its partnership with the African Export-Import Bank Afreximbank toward establishing a medical school in Abuja.
The Executive Secretary of TETFund, Sonny Echono, made this known during a visit to his office by a senior delegation from the King’s College on Tuesday in Abuja.
Echono, who expressed delight over the medical school project, said the Fund was always ready to partner various bodies in the area of research to address challenges facing the country.
Echono further said the Fund was also working alongside others to put in place a modern research centre in Abuja that would draw researchers and postgraduate scholars from existing colleges and universities of medical sciences, among others.
He said the TETFund would explore areas of collaboration with the Afreximbank and King’s College on the area of facilities, staff training and research.
Earlier, leader of the delegation and Deputy Vice President, King’s College, London, Helen Bailey, said one of the institution’s partners was working with Afreximbank on the proposed medical school project in Abuja.
