The Management of Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has announce the onboarding of an additional twelve (12) state government-owned tertiary institutions to the student loan application portal.
Nasir Ayitogo head, Media and Public Relations, Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) revealed.
The expansion comes following the successful submission and verification of data completeness and accuracy required from the institutions.
With this latest addition, the total number of participating state government-owned tertiary institutions has now increased from the initial 36 announced earlier to 48. Students data from 121 institutions is outstanding.
Whilst paying a courtesy call on His Excellency the Governor of Osun State in Oshogbo on Tuesday,
Mr Akintunde Sawyerr, NELFUND Managing Director expressed his immense gratitude to all who have submitted their data so far, and gave special recognition to the Governor His Excellency, Senator Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke for his exemplary leadership in this regard.
The Fund urges all institutions that are yet to submit their students data to the Student Verification Portal (SVS) of the fund to kindly do so to enable their students benefit from the scheme.
It also urges states whose data has been captured and successfully uploaded to urgently sensitize their students to apply, thereby bringing succour to students who are struggling financially whilst also bringing guaranteed revenue to the institutions.
Students from the following state government-owned tertiary institutions can now visit nelf.gov.ng to apply for the loan.
NEWLY ONBOARDED INSTITUTIONS
1.Abia State Polytechnic.
2.Benue State University, Makurdi.
3.College of Education, Waka-Biu.
4.University of Medical and Applied Sciences Enugu State.
5.Aliko Dangote University of science and Technology Wudil, Kano State.
6.KWARA POLYTECHNIC.
7.Lagos State University of Science and Technology.
8.Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University Lapai, Niger State.
9.Olabisi Onabanjo University
10.Abraham Adesanya
Polytechnic.
11.Taraba State Polytechnic
12.Yobe State University
EARLIER AVAILABLE STATE-OWNED INSTITUTIONS.
1.Adamawa State University, Mubi
2.Ramat Polytechnic, Maiduguri.
3.Borno State University.
4.Mohammet Lawan college of Agriculture, Borno State.
5.Edo State University, Uzairue.
6.Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti.
7.Gombe State University
8.Kingsley Ozumba Mbadiwe University, Imo State
9.Imo State University of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences Umuagwo.
10. Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, Zaria.
11.Yusuf Maitama Sule University, Kano.
12. Umaru Musa Yar’adua University, Katsina.
13.Katsina State Institute of Technology and Management.
14.Kebbi State University of Science and Technology, Aliero.
15.Confluence University of Science and Technology, Kogi state.
16. Lagos State University of Education.
17.Lagos State University.
18.Nasarawa State University, Keffi.
19. Tai Solarin University of Education, Ogun state.
20. University of Medical Sciences, Ondo.
21. Osun State University.
22. UNIVERSITY OF ILESA, OSUN STATE.
23. GTC, ARA Osun State.
24. GTC, GBONGAN Osun State.
25. GTC, IJEBU-JESA Osun State
26. GTC, ILE-IFE Osun State
27.GTC, INISA Osun State
28 GTC, IWO Osun State
29. GTC,OSU Osun State
30. GTC, OTAN AYEGBAJU Osun State.
31. OSUN STATE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, ILA-ORANGUN.
32. GOVERNMENT TECHNICAL COLLEGE ILE-IFE
33. OSUN STATE COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY.
34. Taraba State University, Jalingo
35. Umar Suleiman College of Education, Gashua, Yobe State
36.Zamfara State University, Talata Mafara
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