NELFUND announces 36 state-owned institutions eligible for student loans

NELFUND announces 36 state-owned institutions eligible for Slstudent loans can now apply for student loans effective from July 7, 2024.

This development follows the successful submission of student data by these institutions to NELFUND’s Student Verification System (SVS).

In an official statement posted on Sunday, NELFUND emphasized the importance for all remaining state institutions to promptly submit their students’ data to ensure their students can also benefit from the loan scheme.

“The management of these institutions have successfully submitted their student data to the NELFUND Student Verification System (SVS). We urge all other state-owned tertiary institutions to submit their complete student data to the NELFUND Student Verification System timely to enable their students benefit from the scheme,” the statement read.

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The listed institutions whose students are now eligible to apply include Adamawa State University, Mubi; Ramat Polytechnic, Maiduguri; Borno State University; Mohammet Lawan College of Agriculture, Borno State; Edo State University, Uzairue; Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti; Gombe State University; Kingsley Ozumba Mbadiwe University, Imo State; Imo State University of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences Umuagwo; Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, Zaria.

Others are Yusuf Maitama Sule University, Kano; Umaru Musa Yar’adua University, Katsina; Katsina State Institute of Technology and Management; Kebbi State University of Science and Technology, Aliero; Confluence University of Science and Technology, Kogi State; Lagos State University of Education; Lagos State University; Nasarawa State University, Keffi; Tai Solarin University of Education, Ogun State; University of Medical Sciences, Ondo; Osun State University; University of Ilesa, Osun State; GTC, ARA Osun State; GTC, GBONGAN, Osun State; GTC, IJEBU-JESA Osun State; GTC, ILE-IFE Osun State; GTC, INISA Osun State; GTC, IWO Osun State; GTC, OSU Osun State; and GTC, OTAN AYEGBAJU Osun State.

Additionally, OSUN STATE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, ILA-ORANGUN; GOVERNMENT TECHNICAL COLLEGE ILE-IFE; OSUN STATE COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY; Taraba State University, Jalingo; Umar Suleiman College of Education, Gashua, Yobe State; and Zamfara State University, Talata Mafara were also listed.

NELFUND reiterated its commitment to ensuring broader access to education financing across Nigeria’s tertiary institutions and encouraged ongoing collaboration with state-owned institutions to facilitate seamless student loan applications.

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