FULL LIST: 12 more state-owned tertiary institutions submit data to NELFUND
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has announced the inclusion of 12 additional state-owned tertiary institutions eligible for student loan applications, effective Wednesday, July 10, 2024. This announcement was made in a statement signed by NELFUND spokesperson Nasir Ayitogo on…
BREAKING: NELFUND postpones student loan application for state-owned institutions
The Management of Nigerian Education Loan Fund on Tuesday announced a 14-day postponement of the application process for student loan for state institutions due” to low data submissions,” a statement by the agency said in Abuja. The Fund said the…
Student loan: NELFUND to publish institutions with complete data June 24
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has announced that it will publish the full list of institutions that have submitted their complete student data on June 24, 2024. This move aims to ensure transparency and encourage participation in the scheme…
ASUU Condemns FG Student Loan Initiative
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Calabar Zone, has expressed strong objections to the Federal Government’s new student loan program, describing it as a strategy to burden Nigerian students with perpetual debt. The student loan scheme officially launched last…
Tinubu directs expansion of student loans programme
President Bola Tinubu has directed an expansion of the focus of the Nigeria Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) to include students interested in skill-development programmes.Tinubu gave the directive to the management of the Fund after receiving briefing on the build-up to…
Students Loan Scheme will take off this January – FG
The federal government, on Wednesday, January 17, reaffirmed that the January target for the take off of the Students Loan Scheme is still very much intact.Minister of State for Education, Yusuf Sununu, gave the affirmation while addressing journalists after the…