Emmanuel Ugwu-Nwogo in Umuahia
With the South-east still lagging behind in the students loan scheme set up by the federal government, Abia State has initiated plan to carry out sensitisation programme on the merits of the National Education Loan Funds (NELFUND).
Governor Alex Otti made this known weekend when he received in audience a delegation of NELFUND led by Director, Regional Advocacy, Nneamaka Okafor, saying that adequate advocacy was needed to stimulate students’ interest in the education loans.
He said that if students and their parents were properly informed about the loan scheme more students in tertiary institutions would likely key into the programme and access the available loan to fund their education.
Otti particularly stressed the need for optimal advocacy on NELFUND in the South-east zone because of the attitude of an average Igbo towards loan.
According to him, “our people have this attitude towards (taking) loan except…
Source: Thisday Newspaper
