Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, David Adejo, has affirmed that President Bola Tinubu wants the newly instroduced students lona to take off in September.
He said that modalities had been put in place for the take off of the scheme in the 2023/2024 academic calendar.
In a session at the House of Representatives on Tuesday, Adejo said that President Bola Tinubu had given directive that all necessary works must be completed on the modalities for the take off the scheme to enable its take off in September.
The chairman of the committee, Rep. Teseer Ugbor said the students loan was part of the palliatives by the federal government to alleviate the suffering of Nigerians and to ensure access to higher education by interested Nigerians.
He, however, expressed concern over the disbursement process, the recovery of the funds from beneficiaries as well as the possibility of some students not been able to access the loan.
He call for dialogue in the process of trying to amend the law to ensure that all Nigerian students interested in the loan benefitted from it.
