* As Prof. Bogoro Bows Out On March 18
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)
Retired Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Education, Arch. Sonny Echono, has been appointed as the new Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund).
Echono, also a former Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and a President of the Nigerian Institute of Architect, takes over from the incumbent Executive Secretary of TetFund, Professor Suleiman Elias Bogoro, whose tenure elapses on March 18, 2022.
The new helmsman of TetFund, Arch. Echono, hails from the Southern Senatorial District of Benue state. He recently lost the opportunity of being nominated for the traditional stool of Ochi'Idoma of Idomaland, a position he lost to the current paramount ruler of Idoma nation, Dr Elaigwu Odogbo, who is said to be a Pentecostal priest.
Announcing President Muhammadu Buhari's appointment of Arch. Sonny Echono as the new TetFund Executive Secretary, the Director of Press of the Federal Ministry of Education, Ben Goong, in a statement on Friday, March 4, 2022, said: “President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Sunday Echono as the new Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund.
“He takes over from Prof. Sulaiman Elias Bogoro whose five year tenure will end on 18th March 2022. Described as an accomplished technocrat, Arc Echono brings to the job, a diverse wealth of experience spanning Infrastructure, business administration, procurement management, ICT and the education sectors.
“Prior to his appointment, he had served as Permanent Secretary Fed. Min of Education and Member, Board of Trustees of TETfund among other important National assignments.”
An experienced technocrat, Echono, handed over as Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Education to Alhaji Abdulaziz Mashi Abdullahi, a Katsina state born Accountant and Financial Manager, who had, on Wednesday August 23, 2017, first assumed duty in the Ministry as a top bureaucrat. NNL.
