NELFUND takes student loan sensitization to MDAs, security barracks

The Nigerian Education Loan Fund, NELFUND, has commenced a nationwide sensitization run targeting 34 Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs, arsenic good arsenic military, constabulary and migration barracks, to summation consciousness of its pupil indebtedness scheme.

The Director of SERVICOM astatine NELFUND, Olusola Fowobaje, disclosed this during a sensitization lawsuit tagged 'Roadshow' engagement with civilian servants astatine the Ministry of Regional Development successful Abuja, explaining that the inaugural was designed to bring accusation astir the Fund's acquisition financing opportunities straight to authorities employees, parents and guardians.

He said the roadshow run would screen 34 ministries, with plans to widen the workout to subject formations, constabulary and migration barracks crossed the country.

According to him, the inaugural is aimed astatine ensuring that civilian servants are adequately informed astir the indebtedness strategy and can, successful turn, amended their children and dependents who whitethorn necessitate fiscal assistance to prosecute higher education.

Fowobaje explained that the pupil indebtedness programme has 2 large components: organization fees and upkeep allowances. While the organization indebtedness covers approved schoolhouse fees, eligible beneficiaries besides person a monthly upkeep allowance of N20,000.

He said the engagement with MDAs was portion of efforts to grow nationalist a...