President Tinubu signs students’ loan bill into law

President Tinubu has signed the Student Loan Bill into law. This was announced by the spokesperson to the Federal Government Mr Dele Alake, saying that the funds will be domiciled in the Ministry of Education and will only be accessed by indigent students of tertiary institutions.

The student loan bill sponsored by the Speaker of the 9th House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, which provides for interest-free loans to indigent Nigerian students, passed the third reading at the House, two weeks ago.

The law is to provide easy access to higher education for indigent Nigerians through interest-free loans from the Nigerian Education Loan Fund.

Source: President Tinubu signs students’ loan bill into law – StocksWatch (stocksng.com)

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