NELFUND BOARD MEMBER REBUKES ATIKU OVER ALLEGED TINUBU-DIRECTED TUITION HIKE

The student representative on the Governing Board of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund, Comrade Umar Farouk Lawal, has issued a stern rebuttal to the Presidential Candidate of the African Democratic Congress, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, over claims that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, directed an upward review of tuition in Nigeria’s tertiary institutions. In a press…

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NELFUND ‘ONE OF THE GREATEST THINGS’ FOR NIGERIAN EDUCATION — FUTES VC, ARIBISALA

The Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology and Environmental Sciences (FUTES), Iyin-Ekiti, Prof. Gbenga Aribisala, has described the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) as “one of the greatest things” to have happened to education in Nigeria. Aribisala reportedly made the remark while speaking on the impact of the student loan scheme and its potential…

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Some Students Collect NELFUND Without Without Telling Their Parents–Says Minister.

The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Taiwo Oyedele, has stated that some Nigerian students may be receiving financial support from the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) without informing their parents. Oyedele made the statement during a media briefing in Abuja while responding to a participant who said his three children in…

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