President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government has on Thursday commenced the student loan disbursement. Eko Hot Blog reports that this development follows a mild amendment to the Student Loan Scheme. The President inaugurated a presidential committee to drive the Scheme at the State House, Abuja. To kick start the programme, the President had recently approved ₦35 … Read more
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has announced the enrollment of students in 36 state-owned universities for students loan application. Eko Hot Blog reports that this was contained in a press statement issued by the agency on Sunday. The statement enjoined other state-owned universities to submit their students data to the NELFUND Student Verification System … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that the long-awaited student loan program will launch on Friday, benefiting 1.2 million students in federal tertiary institutions nationwide. According to PUNCH, this was disclosed by the Managing Director and CEO of the Nigeria Education Loan Fund, Akintunde Sawyerr. Sawyerr, who spoke at a pre-application sensitisation press conference in Abuja, on … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) have disagreed with the assertion by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) that Federal Government’s student loan scheme would keep the beneficiaries perpetually indebted. ASUU had also argued after its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa that the initiative would … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that the Federal Student Loan Scheme is expected to launch in the next two to three weeks, according to the Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, Femi Gbajabiamila. Gbajabiamila confirmed this during a meeting with a delegation from the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), led by its President, Lucky … Read more