Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu, has called for more funding of tertiary institutions in the state by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund).

The governor made the call in Calabar when the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee to Investigate Alleged Abuse of N2.3 trillion generated from Tertiary Education Tax by TETFund paid a courtesy call on him.

Otu noted that the oversight and investigative responsibility of the committee is sensitive, urging members to be diligent and eschew any sentiments while going about the assignment.

“Your assignment is sensitive, and it requires you to be diligent, eschewing any sentiments not in tandem with the mandate of your committee.

“I have looked at the grants to tertiary institutions and note that Cross River State is the least in terms of how much has been received, and this is not good enough. I know you are an ad-hoc committee, but your recommendations will go a long way in ensuring that tertiary institutions in Cross River get an equitable share of grants due to them,” the governor said.