{"id":155153,"date":"2025-03-13T20:19:35","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T19:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/51-edo-university-students-received-n61-4m-education-loans-vc"},"modified":"2025-03-25T20:44:35","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T19:44:35","slug":"51-edo-university-students-received-n61-4m-education-loans-vc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/51-edo-university-students-received-n61-4m-education-loans-vc","title":{"rendered":"51 Edo University students received N61.4m education loans \u2014 VC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The management of Edo University, Iyamho, on Thursday announced that a total of 51 students have so far received the sum of N61.4 million from the Nigeria Education Loan Fund, NELFUND.<\/p>\n<p>The acting Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Dawood Egbefo, disclosed this during a sensitisation programme for students in the Edo North Senatorial District. The event was organised by NELFUND in conjunction with the Edo State Ministry of Education to encourage students to take advantage of the programme.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will interest you to know that since subscribing to the NELFUND programme, the sum of N61.4 million has been disbursed, with 51 students as beneficiaries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday\u2019s sensitisation programme serves as an opportunity for us to explore how NELFUND can continue to serve as a beacon of hope for students in Edo State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI encourage all participants to take full advantage of this platform so that they can maximise the benefits of these funds,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He commended President Bola Tinubu for his support in fostering the growth and advancement of education in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like to express our deep gratitude to President Tinubu for his leadership and unwavering support for the growth of education in Nigeria, as well as his vision for a more prosperous and well-educated nation,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Edo State Commissioner for Education, Dr. Paddy Iyamu, expressed displeasure over the low number of Edo students applying for the loan.<\/p>\n<p>While noting that the number of beneficiaries in the state remains relatively low, he urged students to take advantage of the programme.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have cause to be concerned, which is why we are holding this sensitisation programme\u2014to bring our people up to speed so they can benefit from this laudable initiative, which will be highly beneficial to them,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The management of Edo University, Iyamho, on Thursday announced that a total of 51 students have so far received the sum of N61.4 million from the Nigeria Education Loan Fund, NELFUND. The acting Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Dawood Egbefo, disclosed this during a sensitisation programme for students in the Edo North [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":155152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[443,1118,254],"class_list":["post-155153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-edo","tag-edo-university","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>51 Edo University students received N61.4m education loans \u2014 VC - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The management of Edo University, Iyamho, on Thursday announced that a total of 51 students have so far received the sum ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/51-edo-university-students-received-n61-4m-education-loans-vc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"51 Edo University students received N61.4m education loans \u2014 VC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The management of Edo University, Iyamho, on Thursday announced that a total of 51 students have so far received the sum ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/51-edo-university-students-received-n61-4m-education-loans-vc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-13T19:19:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-03-25T19:44:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/sm_1741885716.471067.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"881\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"348\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/51-edo-university-students-received-n61-4m-education-loans-vc#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/51-edo-university-students-received-n61-4m-education-loans-vc\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"51 Edo University students received N61.4m education loans \u2014 VC\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-13T19:19:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-25T19:44:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/51-edo-university-students-received-n61-4m-education-loans-vc\"},\"wordCount\":314,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/51-edo-university-students-received-n61-4m-education-loans-vc#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/sm_1741885716.471067.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Edo\",\"Edo University\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/51-edo-university-students-received-n61-4m-education-loans-vc#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/51-edo-university-students-received-n61-4m-education-loans-vc\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/51-edo-university-students-received-n61-4m-education-loans-vc\",\"name\":\"51 Edo University students received N61.4m education loans \u2014 VC - 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