Maruf Olatunji Alausa, minister of education, has directed all tertiary institutions across Nigeria to comply with a mandatory annual data submission and financial reporting schedule through the newly launched Federal Tertiary Institutions Governance and Transparency Portal (FTIGTP).
Alausa gave the directive in Abuja during the official launch of the FTIGTP, an initiative of the Federal Ministry of Education aimed at promoting transparency, accountability, and good governance across the nation’s higher education system.
According to the minister, all federal universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education are required to submit comprehensive institutional data and financial reports on the platform in the first quarter of every year.
He stressed that compliance with the reporting schedule would form part of institutional performance evaluations by both local and international partners.
‘’The FTIGTP serves as a single, nationwide source of accurate data and financial information about tertiary institutions, guides against misuse of funds, and fosters trust in the management of our tertiary system.
“For the first time, Nigeria will have a unified platform that offers real-time visibility into students’ enrolment, Government funding, capital, recurrent, and personnel, local and international research grants attracted by institutions, TETFund allocations, NELFund interventions, performance indicators that allow for benchmarking across institutions,’’ he said.
He explained that the introduction of the FTIGTP marks a new era in Nigeria’s education management, as the platform provides a single, unified database for real-time visibility into student enrolment figures, government funding, research grants, and performance indicators across all tertiary institutions.
Alausa noted that for many years, data on Nigeria’s tertiary education system had been fragmented across multiple reports and inconsistent submissions, a challenge that the new platform is designed to solve.
He added that the initiative aligns with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, which emphasizes accountability, transparency, and efficient resource management in the education sector.
‘’Funding, support, and interventions will increasingly be tied to transparency and accountability metrics. All institutions will be required to get a clearance certificate from the Director ICT annually before TETFUND ICT intervention is released to them,’’ he said.
The minister urged Vice Chancellors, Rectors, Provosts, and other institutional leaders to ensure prompt reporting and active participation on the platform, emphasizing that the success of the initiative depends on their cooperation and commitment.
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‘’To our Vice Chancellors, Rectors, Provosts, and the entire management of our institutions: you are vital to the success of this platform. Your cooperation, prompt reporting, and dedication will have a significant impact on how this innovation affects the sector and the nation,’’ said the minister.
The launch event was attended by Vice Chancellors, Rectors, Provosts, and stakeholders from across the nation’s public tertiary institutions, as well as education policy experts and development partners.
The FTIGTP, according to the ministry, will soon be expanded to include private universities and state-owned institutions, ensuring a unified, transparent, and data-driven tertiary education system across Nigeria.
