The Federal Government has vowed it would achieve its target of making the nation’s educational institutions globally competitive for economic and technological development.

The Chairman of, Senate Committee on Petroleum, Downstream, and member of, Senate Committee on Education and Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Ifeanyi Ubah, gave the assurance, while inaugurating the ‘TETFund Sponsored Buildings,’ made up of two separate male and female hostels at the Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra state, at the weekend.

Ubah, who represented President Bola Tinubu at the event, maintained that the 10th Senate would continue to provide necessary support to the Fund through enactment of legislations that would further advance tertiary education in Nigeria.

He said that completion and commissioning of the twin hostels would go a long way to assist in tackling accommodation shortages at the institutions, reminding that TETFund has also sponsored 101 lecturers from the institution for Ph.D at both foreign and local institutions, totaling N487,527,656.10.

He said: “TETFund has also sponsored 60 lecturers for Masters degrees in both foreign and local institutions, totaling N293,102,460.00, while 90 staff have been sponsored for Conference Attendance locally and abroad at a total cost of N111,471,159.50.”

He charged the management of the Polytechnic to take full advantage of the facilities for the educational and vocational development of students.