FG disburses students loan to 40 more institutions

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The Federal Government has disbursed student loans to forty (40) additional institutions across the country, bringing the total number of disbursements to institutions in the country to fifty-nine (59).

Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), the official FG agency in charge of the student loan, disclosed this on Friday.

“This expansion marks a significant milestone in NELFUND’s ongoing commitment to providing access to quality education for all Nigerian students, regardless of their financial circumstances,” the agency wrote on X.

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From the list, Delta State University (DELSU), Abraka, Delta State; University of Ibadan, Oyo State; Ebonyi State University, Ebonyi State; University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT), Rivers State, and Bauchi State University, Bauchi State are among the benefitting institutions.

In all, the sum of N2.1 billion was disbursed to 18,998 students across the 40 institutions.

See the full list of institutions and the amount received below:

Federal Polytechnic Nekede, Imo State – N368,400
Federal University of Health Science, Ila Orangun, Osun State – N7,448,000.00
Federal University Wukari, Taraba State – N97,398,000.00
Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ogun State – N7,265,000.00
University of Ibadan, Oyo State – N9,797,450.00
Osun State University, Osun State – N218,954,500.00
Usmanu Danfodio University, Sokoto State – N226,931,440.00
Zamfara State University, Zamfara State – N2,340,800.00
Delta State University Abraka, Delta State – N45,973,600.00
Abraham Adesanya Polytechnic, Ogun State – N7,846,500.00
Ebony State University, Eboni State – N78,313,000.00
Emmanuel Alayande University of Education, Oyo State – N4,050,500.00
Federal Polytechnic Bali, Taraba State – N2,589,000.00
Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta, Ogun State – N133,995,450.00
Federal University of Health Science Azare, Bauchi State – N14,170,000.00
Federal University Gusau, Zamfara State – N218,554,000.00
Federal University of Technology Ikot-Abasi, Akwa Ibom State – N6,308,000.00
Lagos State University of Education, Lagos State – N14,378,000.00
Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Ogun State – N3,485,000.00
Ogun State Institute of Technology, Ogun State – N5,907,998.00
Tai Solarin University of Education, Ogun State – N10,802,000.00
University of llesa, Osun State – N98,871,500.00
University of Portharcourt, Rivers State – N66,906,030.00
Gombe State University, Gombe – N3,621,000.00
Abia State University, Abia State – N12,469,500.00
Federal University of Technology Babura, Jigawa State – N64,565,000.00
Nigerian Army University Biu, Borno State – N45,138,500.00
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi State – N256,912,600,00
Micheal Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Imo State – N71,016,220.00
Yusuf Maitama Sule University, Kano State – N4,297,178.00
Bauchi State University, Bauchi – N12,628,500.00
Yaba College of Technology, Lagos State – N733,000.00
Hussaini Adam Federal Polytechnic Kazaure, Jigawa State – N621,256.80
Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Rivers State – N107,245,000.00
Federal University of Technology Akure, Ondo State – N34,428,000.00
Ladoke Akintola University, Oyo State – N8,670,000.00
Kogi State University, Kabba, Kogi State – N10,820,650.00
Niger State Polytechnic, Zungeru, Niger State – N4,535,000.00
Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu, Anambra State – N193,377,100.00
Federal University of Health, Science Otukpo, Benue State – N32,450,844.00