The Nigeria Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has announced that an additional 22 state-owned tertiary institutions have been approved to participate in its student loan scheme. This initiative is part of President Bola Tinubu’s flagship project aimed at enhancing access to higher education across the country.

In a statement posted via @NELFUND on X, the fund revealed that students from the newly cleared institutions can now apply for loans through its official portal at nelf.gov.ng. This expansion follows a review by the Student Verification System committee, bringing the total number of approved state-owned institutions to 108. Previously, 86 institutions were cleared to participate in the loan scheme.

The newly approved institutions are:

  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
  6. Ekiti State Polytechnic, Isan-Ekiti
  7. Kogi State University, Kabba
  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 and Technology, Potiskum
  21. College of Agriculture, Science & Technology, Gujba
  22. College of Education Legal Studies, Nguru

The Nigeria Education Loan Fund, established as part of the Access to Higher Education Act signed by President Tinubu earlier this year, provides a legal framework for granting loans to indigent or low-income Nigerians.