LASU, EDOSU, EKSU, UNIOSUN, Other State-Owned Higher Institutions Cleared For Student Loan(See full List)

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By Abiola Olawale

The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has unveiled the full list of state-owned universities that have been cleared for the commencement of loan applications.

The NELFUND revealed that the students of Lagos State University (LASU); Ekiti State University (EKSU); Kingsley Ozumba Mbadiwe University, Imo State; Osun State University (UNIOSUN); Confluence University of Science and Technology, Kogi State; and 31 other state-owned tertiary institutions can now apply for student loan effective from Sunday, July 7, 2024.

NELFUND said the management of the institutions had successfully submitted their student data to the NELFUND Student Verification System (SVS).

This was contained in a post made at the Fund’s X handle on Sunday.

Below here is the full list of state institutions that have been cleared for loan applications;

Adamawa State University, Mubi; Ramat Polytechnic, Maiduguri; Borno State University; Mohammed Lawan College of Agriculture, Borno State; Edo State University, Uzairue; Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti; Gombe State University; Kingsley Ozumba Mbadiwe University, Imo State; Imo State University of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences Umuagwo; Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, Zaria; Yusuf Maitama Sule University, Kano; Umaru Musa Yar’adua University, Katsina; Katsina State Institute of Technology and Management; Kebbi State University of Science and Technology Aliero; and Confluence University of Science and Technology, Kogi State.

Others are Lagos State University of Education; Lagos State University; Nasarawa State University, Keffi; Tai Solarin University of Education, Ogun State; University of Medical Sciences, Ondo; Osun State University; University of Ilesa, Osun State; GTC, ARA Osun State; Taraba State University, Jalingo; Umar Suleiman College of Education, Gashua Yobe State; Zamfara State University, Talata Mafara and few other GTC institutions in Osun State.

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