Atiku pledges review of NELFUND, debt forgiveness for eligible students

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) statesmanlike candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has pledged to reappraisal the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) and supply indebtedness forgiveness for eligible students.

According to him, young Nigerians should not statesman their moving lives weighed down by acquisition loans.

Atiku’s presumption was conveyed successful a connection issued connected Tuesday by his Senior Special Assistant connected Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, successful effect to President Bola Tinubu’s caller comments connected X defending the pupil indebtedness scheme.

According to Shaibu, Atiku believes that the existent attack to acquisition financing places unnecessary fiscal unit connected students and families.

“His attack volition trim the underlying outgo of acquisition and, aft review, supply forgiveness for qualifying pupil debts truthful that young Nigerians tin postgraduate with anticipation alternatively than repayment burdens,” Shaibu said.

“Education should unfastened doors, not owe the future.”

Shaibu criticised the Federal Government’s presumption of NELFUND arsenic grounds that acquisition has go much affordable, arguing that tuition costs had risen earlier the indebtedness strategy was introduced.<...