Nasarawa Federal Poly applauds President Tinubu, as 130 received students loan

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By our reporter, Nasarawa

Some staff and students of the Federal Polytechnic, Nasarawa in Nasarawa State, have applauded President Bola Tinubu’s administration as no fewer than 130 students of the institution benefited from the federal government student loan scheme.

They gave the commendation on the sidelines of an orientation workshop for the 2024/2025 academic calendar for newly admitted students of the institution on Thursday in Nasarawa.

The orientation workshop was organised by the Students Union Government (SUG) of the institution to sensitise the new students on how to access President Tinubu’s administration’s Student Loan offer.

The workshop which had different resource persons also sensitised students on the institution’s policies, procedures; decent dressing; the effect of drug abuse, dangers of cultism and social vices, and proper road use in and outside the school.

In an interview, Mr Suleiman Mohammed, Acting Director of Information Communication Technology (ICT) and the liaison on loan disbursement said so far 130 students had enjoyed loan disbursement by the Nigerian Education Loan Fund.

Suleiman who delivered the lecture on how to access the federal government student loan offer described the development as a welcome one and a lifesaver for poor students who could not afford to pay their tuition fees.

“Some of the beneficiaries are on only school loan while others are on both school loan and upkeep.
“This is a big intervention by the federal government and we are appreciative of the commencement of disbursement to our students,” he said.

According to him, the need to create more awareness on the loan, prompted the invitation of the loan coordinator in the institution to educate the new students on the method of application.

“Thank God we heard that more than 100 students have already gotten the loan, that should spur others to apply for it. We thank the president for this laudable initiative,” he said.

He noted that the orientation workshop was necessary to also sensitise the newly admitted students on the rules and regulations in the institution.

Also speaking, Miss Cecilia Okoh, a newly admitted student said though she has not shown interest in applying for the student loan, however, described the offer as well intended that would help many poor students across the country.

She appreciated the resource persons and the SUG of the institution for organising the orientation which she said has gone a long way to sensitise new students on the dos and donts of the institution.