Tinubu Has Widened Access To Education With Student Loan Scheme – Dogara

A erstwhile Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has commended President Ahmed Bola Tinubu for his acquisition policies, peculiarly the instauration of Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND)

Dogara spoke astatine the Federal University of Lokoja erstwhile helium delivered a a nationalist lecture, titled: “Empowering the Future Generation: The Founders’ Vision and Legacy.”

The lecture was portion of the week-long activities for the instauration 9th convocation.
Dogara said Tinubu deserves commendation, particularly for the constitution of NELFUND, which helium said had fixed anticipation to students whose acquisition dreams would person been chopped abbreviated for deficiency of fund.

He said, “Education remains our astir almighty limb against poverty, ignorance and underdevelopment. It is the thought of planting seeds of hope, creating pathways to opportunity, and gathering a spot wherever talents are refined and quality imaginable is unlocked.

“NELFUND, a programme designed to region fiscal barriers to higher acquisition for indigent Nigerian students with involvement escaped loans has disbursed N99.5 cardinal to money tuition and upkeep allowances.

“As we speak, and arsenic portion of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, Mr. President has prioritised inclusivity and equity successful entree to education. We are witnessing the gradual dismantling of systemic barriers, peculiarly for marginalised grounds specified arsenic women and persons with disabilities. No 1 doubts Mr President’s committedness to ensuring that each young Nigerian, careless of background, has entree to prime education.

“To those who person often wondered wherefore I beforehand President Tinubu s acquisition policies, you person recovered 1 of the answers. Why would immoderate sensible idiosyncratic who has benefited immensely from acquisition bash otherwise?”

The erstwhile lawmaker enjoined the graduands to usage their cognition to lick Nigerian problems and to make a planetary mindset with section relevance.

“Think globally but enactment locally. While embracing planetary champion practices, ne'er hide your roots. The solutions to Africa problems indispensable beryllium African led, though globally informed. Weather you go engineers, doctors, teachers, entrepreneurs oregon nationalist servants, ever ask: How tin I use planetary cognition to lick section problems?” Dogara said.