The administration of Nnamdi Azikiwe College, Awka, Anambra State mentioned about 556 college students of the establishment utilized for the Nigerian Training Mortgage Fund.
In accordance with the establishment, the functions had been submitted on August 14, including that out of the 556 that utilized, 304 college students had been permitted by NELFUND on August 16, 2024.
The Particular Adviser to the Vice-Chancellor of the establishment, Dr Emmanuel Ojukwu, disclosed this to our correspondent, in Awka, on Thursday.
He added that the Pupil Affairs Unit of the establishment is at the moment scrutinising the record of candidates.
Recalled that the South-East caucus of the Nationwide Meeting has raised considerations over the exclusion of beneficiaries from South-East tertiary establishments within the ongoing disbursement of pupil loans by NELFUND.
The loans, meant to assist college students throughout Nigeria, have to this point amounted to N2bn benefiting 27,667 college students from 19 establishments nationwide.
Nevertheless, the caucus mentioned it noticed that none of those establishments are positioned within the South East.
However in his reactions, Ojukwu insisted that UNIZIK shouldn’t be unnoticed on the NELFUND as it’s being speculated.
He mentioned, “That is to tell most people that UNIZIK shouldn’t be unnoticed on the NELFUND as it’s being speculated.
“The true place is that 556 college students utilized, whereas 304 college students had been permitted by NELFUND on August 16, 2024.
“The coed affairs unit of the college is at the moment going via the record to verify the candidates as bona fide college students earlier than disbursement by NELFUND.”
