Ah! My people, this one na big gist for the education sector o! NELFUND don scatter ground with N161.9 billion wey dem don dish out to over 864,798 students since dem launch dem student loan portal. E be like say dem serious about schooling for Nigeria sha!
For Abuja yesterday, the Managing Director of NELFUND, Akintunde Sawyerr, address journalists like say na him be special guest. E talk say this fund na part of President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda wey intend to make sure say no student go dey denied access to Boby because of money wahala.
Sawyerr come drop this bombshell, dem don receive 1,361,011 loan applications from students all over Naija. Out of the money wey dem don scatter, N89.94 billion carry go 263 tertiary institutions straight for tuition, while N72.03 billion dey for students as upkeep. So, no be small matter we dey talk here o!
“As we dey talk so, na 864,798 students don benefit from this loan scheme. Dis na solid proof say dem dey remove barriers and dey create opportunities. The money wey we don scatter fit help so many families,” he yarn. My people, this na serious progress wey dem don make!
NELFUND no just dey rest on top their success, dem don begin extensive awareness all over tertiary institutions make everybody sabi wetin dey happen. From parent to traditional rulers, dem go dey spread the news, so we go fit sabi wetin dey happen with this scheme better. E fit help our pipo, no be jujuman matter!
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