22 More State-Owned Institutions Eligible for Student Loans, Says NELFUND

Students of another set of 22 state-owned tertiary schools are now eligible to apply for student loans, according to a statement from the Nigeria Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), 

NELFUND is a new initiative that disburses student loans for higher education in approved state-owned institutions of higher learning in Nigeria. 

The Fund said in its official X handle Wednesday that students from the underlisted additional 22 schools may now apply for loans on its portal: https://nelf.gov.ng

The statement posted via @NELFUND on X said, “This followed a review by the committee responsible for the Student Verification System. Prior to this, 86 state-owned institutions were cleared, bringing a total of 108 institutions whose students can now apply.”

The total number of eligible institutions now comes to 108.

NELFUND was created by government of President Bola Tinubu this year. It is designed as an alternative scheme for funding education in Nigeria. 

The president established the fund by signing the Access to Higher Education Act, which provides a legal framework for offering loans to low-income Nigerians to help cover their fees at tertiary institutions in Nigeria.

This law created the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND).

NELFUND manages all aspects of loan applications, approvals, disbursements, and recovery.

According to the Act, the fund will receive financing from various sources and participate in other productive activities.

22 New Eligible Institutions

1. Abia State University, Uturu
2. College of Education, Nsugbe
3. Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University
4. Delta State University, Abraka.
5. Delta State Polytechnic, Otefe-Oghara, Delta State
6. Ekiti State Polytechnic, Isan-Ekiti
7. Kogi State University, Kabba, Kogi State
8. Prince Abubakar Audu University
9. Kwara State University
10. Kwara State College of Health Technology
11. Abdulkadir Kure University Minna
12. Ogun State College of Health Technology, Ilese-Ijebu
13. Moshod Abiola Polytechnic
14. Emmanuel Alayande University of Education, Oyo
15. The Polytechnic, Ibadan
16. The Oke Ogun Polytechnic, Saki
17. Rivers State University, Port Harcourt
18. Kenule Beeson Saro-Wiwa Polytechnic
19. Shehu Sule College of Nursing and Midwifery, Damaturu
20. College of Administration, Management andTechnology Potiskum, Yobe State 21. College of Agriculture, Science & Technology, Gujba
21. College of Education Legal Studies, Nguru

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