Abuja, Nigeria
My people, no be small matter we get for here as dem students wey dey hustle to pay school fees dey jam wetin dem fit call miracle! I dey talk about NELFUND, the Nigerian Education Loans Fund wey dey help students survive di wahala wey school fees dey bring.
So, one day I gree pick phone call come Abuja head office of NELFUND, and wetin I hear from di voice wey answer be say dem no fit help me. Wetin! For Nigeria? Na wah o! We sabi sey for our obodo, ‘Man know man’ na di code, so di thing wey dem talk shock me small.
Talk about miracle, enter Phoebe matter! Dis girl, daughter of Mummy Sarah wey dey clean compound for Ikotun, Lagos, fit enter university o! As person wey dey make less than N10,000 every month, Mummy Sarah no dey find am easy to feed her family. But see ehn, dis girl just go collect admission for university for Ondo State. Talk about black pot wey fit produce white pap!
Make I no lie, when her neighbor ask after Phoebe, Mummy Sarah burst out say dem don gree pay her school fees wit di government loan wey Tinubu dey give. E sweet well-well o! She no dey carry di load alone again, because di government don dey rescue dem.
Young people like Aisha Suleiman, wey get sense, even dey take advantage of di scheme. She sabi sey her papa and mama fit pay, but she still apply just to ease di pressure wey dem dey face. E no too different from Yusuf Kareem wey catch di loan like say na something wey no go fit happen. He dey feel like say dem take am to sambisa for money matter.
Di gist wey I hear for disco be say dem dey chop di monthly allowance of N20,000 and dem dey pay no wahala. E mean sey dem no even need to know powerful people; all dem need na to apply! If you follow di instructions, good things dey happen, even to person wey no fit get help from im papa and mama.
Olanrewaju Ilyas, another student from University of Ilorin, talk say di loan dey benefit dem. Di guy pick call and he dey shine teeth as e yarn about automatic alerts wey dey land for im phone. Anywhere dem shout ‘NELFUND’, you fit see thumbs up from him!
Sodiq Alabere from di same school yarn sey he no even need to lobby for di loan. Just apply, fit carry you enter di good side of life without hassle. E also talk sey di repayment not be wahala—two years after NYSC, and only 10 percent from your salary!
Even Ahmad Ogungbayi dey testify how di loan dey make sense for im life. E dey use di money to balance fees, and di N20,000 monthly allowance dey enter im pocket even when dem dey on holiday. Na so families dey smile small-small for economic tightening wey dey happen for Nigeria.
As di news dey spread, e dey clear sey dis NELFUND na true savior for many students! E don pass 300,000 students wey don collect help. No be bad news at all; I dey feel sey di government need to make am last no matter di changes for office and politicians. Na our lifetime matter dey for ground!
In conclusion, if you be student wey dey find means to survive school, just remember sey help dey come as long as you fit take step! Dem don dey give money, and no be small matter o, everybody need dem own share of di good life!
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