Student loan: NELFUND to close 2023/2024 application cycle

Student loan: NELFUND to close 2023/2024 application cycle

Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) says it will close the 2023/2024 student loan application cycle on Feb. 21. Managing Director of NELFUND, Akintunde Sawyerr, who disclosed this at a news conference in Abuja on Monday, said the 2024/2025 application cycle would commence on Feb. 22. Sawyerr said that the transition to the 2024/2025 cycle was … Read more

NANS protests exclusion from NELFUND board

Student loan: N116.184bn disbursed since inception - NELFUND

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has protested its exclusion from the board of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND). This was stated in a letter dated February 13, 2025, addressed to the Managing Director of the fund, Akintunde Sawyerr, and the Chairman of the Board, Jim Ovia, by NANS President, Lucky Emonefe. In … Read more

Student loan: N116.184bn disbursed since inception – NELFUND

Student loan: N116.184bn disbursed since inception - NELFUND

The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), said it has so far disbursed N116.184bn as at Jan 1st, 2025 for upkeep of students across 176, 252 beneficiary institutions in the country. The Managing Director, Mr.Akintunde Sawyer, said this on Thursday in Abuja, when he appeared before the National Assembly Joint Committee on Tertiary Institutions … Read more