NELFUND has eased financial burden on poor students – Shettima

Vice President Kashim Shettima. Credit: Stanley Nkwocha/X

Vice President Kashim Shettima has described the Nigerian Education Loan Fund as a landmark initiative that has provided crucial financial relief to children from poor backgrounds and removed financial barriers to higher education.

Shettima said the fund, established by the President Bola Tinubu administration, had become a vital social equaliser and a major mechanism for poverty alleviation and the advancement of education in Nigeria.

The Vice President stated this on Wednesday in a statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Communications, Stanley Nkwocha.

He received the management team of the University of Abuja, led by its Vice Chancellor, Prof. Hakeem Fawehinmi.