Sixteen more state-owned tertiary institutions have been onboarded for the student loan scheme under the coordination of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund.
In a post on X, the fund via its official handle, @NELFUND noted on Thursday that the addition of the 16 institutions brings the total number of registered state-owned institutions to 86.
NELFUND tweeted, “Following our previous announcements onboarding 70 state-owned tertiary institutions to the Nigerian Education Loan Fund Student Loan Applications Portal, we are delighted to share that an additional 16 state-owned institutions have now been added to the portal.
“This brings our total to 86 state-owned institutions, further expanding the reach and impact of our student loan program.
“Again, we are urging institutions that are yet to submit their accurate and complete student data to do so timely for their students to benefit from the program.”
No fewer than 1.2 million students are expected to benefit from the cardinal programme of President Bola Tinubu administration.
The President approved N35bn for the take-off of the scheme after signing the law backing the scheme on April 3.