NASS, NELFUND partner on increasing access to 7m beneficiaries

From Adesuwa Tsan, Abuja
The National Assembly and the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) have moved to expand the student loan scheme from the current 1.6 million direct beneficiaries to seven million students across tertiary institutions and vocational centres nationwide.
The move, stakeholders said, is aimed at deepening access to education and driving national transformation through increased support for students from low-income backgrounds.
Speaking at a one-day national sensitisation programme on the student loan scheme organised by the Senate Committee on Tertiary Education and TETFund in collaboration with NELFUND yesterday, the Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin, ...