The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) announced that only 36 state-owned institutions have complied with the directive to upload their students’ data to its platform, enabling them to benefit from the fund.
The agency stated that only students from these institutions can now apply for the loan scheme introduced by the Nigerian government to help students access tertiary education in the country.
Students from the remaining 115 state-owned tertiary institutions are not yet eligible to apply because their institutions have not uploaded their data to the NELFUND Student Verification System (SVS).
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“The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) is pleased to announce that students enrolled in the following 36 state-owned tertiary institutions can now apply for student loans effective today, July 7,” the government agency posted on its X handle on Sunday.
“The management of these institutions has successfully submitted their student data to the NELFUND Student Verification System (SVS).”
Postponement
NELFUND previously postponed the commencement of the second phase of the application process by 14 days due to the failure of institutions to upload their students’ data.
Two weeks ago, NELFUND reported that only 34 institutions had uploaded their students’ data.
The government agency expects student data from 48 state universities, 49 polytechnics, and 54 colleges of education.
“We urge all other state-owned tertiary institutions to submit their complete student data to the NELFUND Student Verification System promptly to enable their students to benefit from the scheme.”
Why institutions need to upload data
The Managing Director of NELFUND, Akintunde Sawyerr, stated that institutions’ failure to provide their students’ data might result in their students missing out on the program.
“Unfortunately, if the institutional data is not there, we can’t give the loan. And so, it is ultimately the applicant that will pay the price,” he said in May.
The agency’s spokesperson, Nasir Ayitogo, also mentioned that incomplete or incorrect data submissions by the institutions would lead to application delays and potential disqualification for affected students.
“Institutions that fail to meet the revised deadline risk putting at a disadvantage their students who depend on these loans to support their education,” he said.
Compliant institutions
- Adamawa State University, Mubi
- Ramat Polytechnic, Maiduguri
- Borno State University
- Mohammed 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
- 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
- Government Technical College (Gtc), Ara, Osun State
- Government Technical College (Gtc), Gbongan Osun State
- Government Technical College (Gtc), Ijebu-Jesa Osun State
- Government Technical College (Gtc), Ile-Ife, Osun State
- Government Technical College (Gtc), Inisa, Osun State
- Government Technical College (Gtc), Iwo Osun State
- Government Technical College (Gtc), Osu, Osun State
- Government Technical College (Gtc), Otan Ayegbaju Osun State
- Osun State College Of Education, Ila-Orangun
- Government Technical College, Ile-Ife
- Osun State College Of Technology, Esa-Oke
- Taraba State University, Jalingo
- Umar Suleiman College of Education, Gashua, Yobe State
- Zamfara State University, Talata Mafara.
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