Nigeria Expands Student Loan Access: 22 More Institutions Approved

The Nigerian government has approved 22 additional state-owned tertiary institutions to apply for student loans. This approval was granted by the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) on Wednesday, August 14.

NELFUND, responsible for handling all loan requests, grants, disbursements, and recoveries, announced the approval through a statement posted on X. The clearance followed a review by the committee overseeing the Student Verification System.

The commission encouraged the newly cleared institutions to apply for loans via its portal at nelf.gov.ng. Prior to this, 86 state-owned institutions were cleared, bringing the total to 108 institutions whose students are now eligible to apply.

The newly cleared institutions include:

1. Abia State University, Uturu
2. College of Education, Nsugbe
3. Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University
4. Delta State University, Abraka
5. Delta State Polytechnic, Otefe-Oghara, Delta State
6. Ekiti State Polytechnic, Isan-Ekiti
7. Kogi State University, Kabba, Kogi State
8. Prince Abubakar Audu University
9. Kwara State University
10. Kwara State College of Health Technology
11. Abdulkadir Kure University, Minna
12. Ogun State College of Health Technology, Ilese-Ijebu
13. Moshood Abiola Polytechnic
14. Emmanuel Alayande University of Education, Oyo
15. The Polytechnic, Ibadan
16. The Oke Ogun Polytechnic, Saki
17. Rivers State University, Port Harcourt
18. Kenule Beeson Saro-Wiwa Polytechnic
19. Shehu Sule College of Nursing and Midwifery, Damaturu
20. College of Administration, Management and Technology, Potiskum, Yobe State
21. College of Agriculture, Science & Technology, Gujba
22. College of Education Legal Studies, Nguru