The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has revealed that 115 out of 151 state tertiary institutions expected to submit data of their students to the agency have failed to do so.
This represents 76.2 percent of the total number of state tertiary institutions.
Specifically, the agency said only 36 state tertiary institutions (representing 23.8 percent) have been onboarded on the platform.
A statement on the official X handle of NELFUND, @NELFUND, on Sunday, said students enrolled in the “36 state-owned tertiary institutions can now apply for student loans effective today, 7th July 2024”.
It urged other state-owned tertiary institutions to submit their complete student data to the NELFUND Student Verification System timely to enable their students to benefit from the scheme.
The Guardian observed that while Osun ranks top with 13 state institutions, others like Delta Rivers, Abia, Plateau, Niger, Cross River, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bayelsa, Benue, Enugu, Jigawa, Kwara, and Sokoto are conspicuously missing with no state institution.
According to the Fund, the 36 state institutions include:
1. Adamawa State University, Mubi
2. Ramat Polytechnic, Maiduguri
3. Borno State University
4. Mohammet Lawan College of Agriculture, Borno State
5. Edo State University, Uzairue
6. Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti
7. Gombe State University
8. Kingsley Ozumba Mbadiwe University, Imo State
9. Imo State University of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Umuagwo
10. Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, Zaria
11. Yusuf Maitama Sule University, Kano
12. Umaru Musa Yar’adua University, Katsina
13. Katsina State Institute of Technology and Management
14. Kebbi State University of Science and Technology, Aliero
15. Confluence University of Science and Technology, Kogi State
16. Lagos State University of Education
17. Lagos State University
18. Nasarawa State University, Keffi
19. Tai Solarin University of Education, Ogun State
20. University of Medical Sciences, Ondo
21. Osun State University
22. University of Ilesa, Osun State
23. GTC, ARA, Osun State
24. GTC, GBONGAN, Osun State
25. GTC, IJEBU-JESA, Osun State
26. GTC, ILE-IFE, Osun State
27. GTC, INISA, Osun State
28. GTC, IWO, Osun State
29. GTC, OSU, Osun State
30. GTC, OTAN AYEGBAJU, Osun State
31. Osun State College of Education, Ila-Orangun
32. Government Technical College, ILE-IFE
33. Osun State College of Technology
34. Taraba State University, Jalingo
35. Umar Suleiman College of Education, Gashua, Yobe State
36. Zamfara State University, Talata Mafara.
