(NELFUND. Photo by Student Loan Portal) A member of the Board of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), Umar Faruk-Lawal, has said the Federal Government’s student loan programme is helping to break financial barriers that have long prevented many Nigerians from accessing higher education. He disclosed that over ₦206 billion has been disbursed by…
The National Farmers Coalition and Grassroots Agricultural Groups have commended the disbursement of N19.5 billion to 50,000 farmers across Nigeria by the National Agricultural Development Fund (NADF). The coalition made this known in a statement on Monday in Abuja, applauding the initiative under NADF’s Strategic Grant Programme, which it said has empowered smallholder farmers nationwide….
Nigerians, who are applicants of the Presidential Conditional Grant Scheme, are demanding payments of N50,000 grants as announced by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr Doris Uzoka-Anite. The demand comes nearly a month after the Minister disclosed she had, on behalf of the federal government, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the…
