Akinwande Soji-Ojo
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has disbursed a total of N2,946,927,155 as loan to 27,667 students in 19 tertiary institutions across the country.
NELFUND disclosed this in a post on its X account on Friday.
The agency had on August 14 said students from 22 state-owned tertiary institutions had been cleared to apply for loan after a review by the committee for the Student Verification System, which brought the total number of approved state institutions to 108.
See full list of approved institutions and amount paid below:
1. University of Maiduguri — N589,001,500
2. University of Ibadan –N201,114,650
3. University of Ilorin — N52,897,890
4. University of Benin — N24,412,500
5. Federal University, Dutsin-Ma — N304,961,800
6. Bayero University, Kano — N853,775,000
7. Federal College of Education, Abeokuta — N1,945,700
8. Federal University of Technology, Minna — N62,928,600
9. Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife — N50,414,000
10. Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro — N8,347,465
11. University of Lagos — N122,494,400
12. University of Jos — N209,320,000
13. Federal College of Education (Technical), Gusau –N15,600,200
14. Federal College of Education (Special), Oyo — N18,502,500
15. Federal University, Dutse — N207,106,000
16. Federal University, Birnin-Kebbi — N130,002,800
17. Modibbo Adama University, Adamawa — N83,837,850
18. Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi — N7,218,800
19. Federal Polytechnic, Mubi — N2,045,500
