Nigeria: Tinubu aide supports final-year students in Kwara
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Tribune Online
Sunday Dayo Asefon, special assistant to Bola Tinubu on student engagement, gave financial support to final-year students of higher education institutions in Kwara State. At a programme in Ilorin, he presented NELFUND, an interest-free student loan fund, according to the media outlet Tribune Online.
The special adviser to Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on student engagement, Sunday Dayo Asefon, provided financial support to final-year students of higher education institutions in Kwara State on Monday in Ilorin, according to the Nigerian media outlet Tribune Online.
The intervention was part of an awareness programme called "Thank You, Mr President", organised by the federal Ministry of Education with the Nigeria Education Sector Renewal Initiative (NERSI). Asefon presented NELFUND, the national student loan fund, as one of the government's main measures: interest-free loans intended to reduce financial barriers to higher education. He nonetheless stressed that these loans do not replace scholarships or other educational aid.
The adviser also highlighted technical and vocational training, skills acquisition, digital training and entrepreneurship, and urged students to acquire practical skills. This campaign is part of the government's responses to the difficulties facing Nigerian youth.
