The Managing Director of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFund), Akintunde Sawyerr, has taken sensitisation on the students’ loan to Ekiti, with a charge to parents to encourage their children to take advantage of the opportunity to acquire education.
This is contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Friday by Omojola Seun-Ojerinde, on behalf of the fund.
Seun-Ojerinde quoted Sawyerr as saying that President Bola Tinubu was keen on taking the burden of funding tertiary education away from parents.
He described the students’ loan scheme as “an opportunity for Nigerian students to further their education to the tertiary level”.
The NELFund CEO, who spoke at the Palace of the Oore of Otun Ekiti and the Paramount Ruler of Moba land, Oba Adekunle Adeagbo, urged parents to encourage their children in public tertiary institutions to participate in the Federal Government’s student loan scheme.
The NELFund boss, who lauded Oba Adeagbo for his interest in the advancement of his people, said, “This visit came about because of the proactive action of the paramount ruler of Moba land.
According to him, the paramount ruler came to our office and asked us to ensure that none of the people in these 13 kingdoms under his rulership is left behind.
Sawyerr said Tinubu had taken the burden of committing a high percentage of household income on the education of children away from parents, noting that they could use that money to start businesses and invest in other things.
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