Participants at the event
The Managing Director, Nigerian Education Loan Fund, Dr Akintunde Sawyerr, has urged tertiary students from across the North Central geo-political zone of the country to key into the Fund’s N303 billion in disbursements to higher institutions to support their education.
He said the funds were approved by President Bola Tinubu within the last two years, adding that so far, no fewer than 850,000 citizens have benefited from the Federal Government’s student loan scheme, following the Fund’s receipt of over one million loan applications.
Sawyerr disclosed on Friday during the “Renewed Hope Student Leaders Engagement and Digital Acceleration programme for North Central Zone,” which was held at the Federal University of Lafia, Nasarawa State.
Addressing the participants, Sawyerr explained that for the first time in the history of the country, the president took the education financial burden off the shoulders of parents and students by ensuring that nobody misses the opportunity of getting educated because of lack of money or sponsors.
