The National Association of Nigerian Students has disclosed that some beneficiaries of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund have reportedly received their June and July upkeep allowances twice, days after the fund commenced payment of the outstanding allowances.
The development was raised by NANS National President, Akinteye Babatunde on X on Friday, who attributed the duplicate payments to an alleged glitch involving the NIP payment platform.
Akinteye urged beneficiaries who received the payments twice to keep the additional funds, suggesting that the money could be adjusted against future upkeep payments.
He wrote, “To those of you who got NELFUND June & July twice, it was a glitch caused by NIP payment platform. NELFUND is not Father Christmas, so save the money very well, as that may be your next two months’ upkeep payment.”
However, there was no immediate official statement from NELFUND confirming the reported duplicate payments or explaining whether affected students would be required to refund the additional funds or have them deducted from future allowances.
