President Bola Tinubu has approved the exclusion of third-party research grant funds of federal universities and research institutions from the Treasury Single Account.
This is contained in a letter signed by the Acting Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission, Chris Maiyaki, to Vice Chancellors.
Already, the Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, has conveyed this directive to the Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, mandating the exemption, which grants universities and research institutions the autonomy to operate their endowment fund accounts in commercial banks.