TETFund alerts Nigerians to fake grant syndicate as fraudsters target two million students

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has raised the alarm over activities of a syndicate that specialised in defrauding unsuspecting students by luring them to register for a fake grant purportedly given by the Fund.

Recall that Tribune Online, on Sunday, fact-checked the claim and found it to be false.

Director of Corporate Affairs of TETFund, Mr Abdulmumin Oniyangi, in a statement on Monday in Abuja, warned Nigerian students and indeed the public that the Fund’s mandate does not include disbursement of bursary to students.

He said there has been fraudulent information circulating on various platforms, suggesting that the fund is giving out a grant of N20,000 to each Nigerian student.

Oniyangi further explained that the fraudsters claim that the grant is part of the TETFund 2021 budget to support the 2 million Nigerian students, urging students to register before registration closes on June 6, 2021.

He, therefore, dissociated the fund from the claims, stating that it is another attempt by the criminals to deceive Nigerian students and members of the public.

He said: “The Management of TETFund dissociates itself from the above claims as it is another of similar attempts by criminal elements to deceive, not only the students but the public as well, into falling prey into the hands of these faceless individuals.

“The Fund reiterates that student bursary has never been a part of its intervention activities and that the entire information is false and should be disregarded.

“TETFund, however, enjoins anyone with relevant information that could lead to the arrest of these criminally minded individuals to alert the Nigerian Police or reach out to the Fund at the following address: [email protected],” he said.

The TETFund Director also urged students and members of the public to be wary of the fraudulent website where the fake registration activities are taking place, with the address 

FROM NIGERIAN TRIBUNE