ABUJA, Nigeria – The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has launched a nationwide awareness campaign targeting 34 federal ministries and security formations to encourage more families to access its student loan scheme.
The campaign will take information about the government-backed financing programme to civil servants, parents and guardians, as well as personnel in military, police and immigration barracks across the country. The Director of SERVICOM at NELFUND, Olusola Fowobaje, disclosed this on Tuesday during a sensitisation engagement at the Ministry of Regional Development in Abuja.
He said the outreach, tagged ‘Roadshow’, was designed to improve public understanding of the scheme and help families whose children require financial support to pursue higher education. According to Fowobaje, the campaign will cover 34 ministries before extending to military, police and immigration barracks nationwide.
He said the initiative was introduced by the Fund’s management to take information about educational financing directly to government institutions and communities. Fowobaje explained that the student loan scheme has two major components: payment of eligible students’ institutional fees and a monthly upkeep allowance of ₦20,000.
He also sought to address misconceptions about the scheme, saying beneficiaries would not be prevented from travelling or arrested simply for accessing the facility. He described the application process as technology-driven and transparent, adding that applicants did not need personal connections to benefit.
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Regional Development, Mary Ada Ogbe, represented by the Acting Director of Community Development and Education, said the engagement was intended to equip directors and heads of units with information they could share with other employees.
She described the exercise as the first phase of a broader sensitisation programme within the ministry and encouraged participants to seek clarification on the scheme.
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