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Buhari Approves N7.5bn For Medical Research In Tertiary Institutions

Buhari Approves ₦7.5bn For Medical Research In Tertiary Institutions

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of six medical simulation research and clinical training facilities in six colleges of medicine in each geopolitical zone in the country.

The Executive Secretary of TETFund, Prof. Suleiman Bogoro, disclosed this at the 2020 TETFund Board of Trustees, BoT, Retreat in Abuja.

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He said the approval provided an opportunity for TETFund to offer twelve COVID-19 and infectious disease molecular laboratories, two in each geopolitical zone, making the fund the highest single provider of COVID-19 test centres in Nigeria.

President Buhari also approved an