By kawaekwune Jeffrey
The Nigeria Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has announced that students from 22 more state-owned tertiary institutions are now eligible to apply for student loans through its official portal.
This follows a recent review by the Student Verification System committee, which cleared these institutions for loan access.
With this development, a total of 108 state-owned institutions now qualify for student loans, up from the initial 86. The announcement was made in a press release issued on Wednesday via the NELFUND official website.
The newly eligible institutions include:
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. Moshood 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
According to the statement, these institutions now join the previously cleared 86, including:
1. Abia State Polytechnic
2. Adamawa State University, Mubi
3. Adamawa State Polytechnic, Yola
4. College of Education, Afaha Nsit
5. Akwa Ibom State University
6. Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic
7. Aminu Saleh College of Education, Azare
8. Niger Delta University
9. Benue State University, Makurdi
10. Borno State University
11. College of Education, Waka-Biu
12. Mohammet Lawan College of Agriculture
13. Ramat Polytechnic, Maiduguri
14. Cross River State University
15. Delta State Polytechnic, Ogwashi-Uku
16. Delta State University of Science and Technology
17. Dennis Osadebay University, Asaba
18. University of Delta, Agbor
19. Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki
20. Edo State University, Uzairue
21. Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti
22. Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science, and Technology
23. University of Medical and Applied Sciences, Enugu State
24. Gombe State University
25. Imo State University of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Umuagwo
26. Kingsley Ozumba Mbadiwe University
27. Benjamin Uwajumogu State College of Education, Ihitte Uboma
28. Imo State Polytechnic, Omuma
29. Sule Lamido University, Kafin Hausa
30. Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, Zaria
31. Kaduna State College of Education, Gidan Waya
32. Kaduna State University
33. Aliko Dangote University of Science and Technology, Wudil
34. Yusuf Maitama Sule University
35. Katsina State Institute of Technology and Management
36. Umar Musa Yar’adua University, Katsina
37. Kebbi State University of Science and Technology, Aliero
38. Confluence University of Science and Technology
39. Prince Abubakar Audu University, Anyigba
40. Kwara Polytechnic
41. Kwara State College of Education, Oro
42. Lagos State University of Education
43. Lagos State University of Science and Technology
44. Lagos State University
45. Isa Mustapha Agwai Polytechnic, Lafia
46. Nasarawa State University, Keffi
47. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai
48. Niger State Polytechnic, Zungeru
49. Abraham Adesanya Polytechnic
50. Olabisi Onabanjo University
51. Tai Solarin University of Education
52. Ogun State Institute of Technology, Igbesa
53. D.S. Adegbenro ICT Polytechnic, Itori-Ewekoro
54. Gateway ICT Polytechnic, Saapade
55. University of Medical Sciences, Ondo
56. Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko
57. Government Technical College, Ile-Ife
58. Government Technical College, Ara, Osun State
59. Government Technical College, Gbongan, Osun State
60. Government Technical College, Ijebu-Jesa, Osun State
According to the body, this move is part of NELFUND’s ongoing efforts to make higher education more accessible to students across Nigeria.
