The Nigerian government has approved 22 more state-owned tertiary institutions across the country to apply for student loans.
The institutions were cleared on Wednesday, August 14, by the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), the body in charge of handling all loan requests, grants, disbursement, and recovery.
In a statement posted on X, NELFUND stated that the institution’s clearance came after a review by the body in charge of the student verification system.
It urged institutions to apply for loans using its official portal, nelf.gov.ng.
The statement read, “This followed a review by the committee responsible for the Student Verification System.
“Prior to this, 86 state-owned institutions were cleared, bringing a total of 108 institutions whose students are now able to apply,” it added.
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. Moshod 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 andTechnology Potiskum, Yobe State
21. College of Agriculture, Science & Technology, Gujba
22. College of Education Legal Studies, Nguru