The Federal Government says over 500,000 Nigerian students are benefitting from the National Education Loan Fund (NELFUND).
“As we speak, more than 500,000 students of tertiary institutions, universities, polytechnics and colleges of education are already benefitting from NELFUND,” the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, announced in a world press conference in Abuja to mark Nigeria’s 65th Independence Anniversary.
Idris said the scheme, which pays both tuition and upkeep fees, was “unprecedented in our history.”
He said President Bola Tinubu’s administration was pushing reforms under the Renewed Hope Agenda to drive growth and stability.
“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is a committed, courageous and visionary leader dismantling stubborn cogs in the wheel of our national progress,” Idris said.
He noted that the administration was investing in education, health, infrastructure, agriculture, energy, and youth development to lay the building blocks for national renewal.
(Channels TV)
