Victoria Mgbanwa
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has highlighted the student loan bill as one of the most significant pieces of legislation sent by President Bola Tinubu to the 10th Assembly.
Approximately 30,000 students from Nigerian tertiary institutions have been chosen to benefit from the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND).
He made the disclosure when he visited the Nigeria Institute of Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS) in Abuja, explained that, the
He said, “One of the most important bills for the tenth Assembly is the bill sent by President Bola Tinubu. The Student Loan Bill enables vulnerable Nigerian students, and the less privileged to obtain higher education.
“And as I speak to you now, over 30,000 Nigerian students have already been selected to benefit from that scheme. That is one of the bills I will say appeal to me the most.
Also Emphasising On the new National Anthem He said Nigeria won’t be facing Banditry if we had retained its old-new anthem, “Nigeria, We Hail Thee.”
“The other impactful bill signed by the National Assembly is the reverting to our old national anthem. A lot of people are not aware that there was a panel set up and made up of Nigerians to receive input from all over the world in 1959.
“So when people are saying we’re bringing in colonial anthem, they need to look into the history of “Nigeria, we hail thee.”
“If we had kept to that anthem, we probably would not have banditry today in Nigeria because if you take your neighbour as your brother, you will not want to kill him,” Akpabio added.
