NELFUND: FG disburses N2bn to students across North-West

The Federal Government states that it has allocated N2.086 cardinal done the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) for students of higher institutions successful the North-West.

Alhaji Mukhtar Lawal-Tsagem, Director, National Orientation Agency, Katsina State Directorate, disclosed this successful Katsina connected Tuesday, portion highlighting the achievements of President Bola Tinubu.

Lawal-Tsagem, who disclosed this astatine a one-day sensitisation programme, said that the funds were disbursed to astir 20,919 students of higher institutions crossed the North-West States.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the exercise, premised connected the North-West milestones, was organised by the Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation.

According to him, the Federal Government has made its beingness felt astatine slightest successful the portion astatine slightest successful the areas of agriculture and security.

Lawal-Tsagem said,  “In Kebbi, wheat farmers successful 12 section authorities areas were supported via the NAGAP programme.

”Ginger Farmers successful Kaduna State received N1.6bn support.

“The N2bn Yawuri Water Scheme is 1 of the infrastructural projects of the Federal Government successful the region.

“NELFUND programme wherever students of higher institutions successful the state person involvement escaped loans that volition assistance them wage schoolhouse fees and cater for their studies needs.”

The manager hinted that 1 of the large functions of the ministry was to support the wide nationalist informed astir the authorities programmes, activities and policies arsenic good arsenic mobilising them to enactment and admit the same.

Adamu Muhammed, a lecturer astatine the Department of Public Administration, Hassan Usman Katsina Polytechnic, successful a insubstantial presentation, said the portion should proceed to beryllium grateful to the contiguous medication for its laudable project.

“I privation to telephone connected them to cultivate goodwill with him and his authorities truthful that the portion tin proceed to reap the benefits of this goodwill.

“Reaping the dividends of ideology and for them to besides amusement competitory citizenship.

“It’s not each occupation you tally to the national government, you person the section government, authorities assembly/National assembly members, and the states, but you cannot articulation your hands unneurotic and bash it.

“And it is simply a problem. You person radical representing the fashionable masses astatine the grassroots being fixed hundreds of millions each twelvemonth and they are squandering the wealth doing nothing”, helium said.

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