Yemi Obafemi
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has announced that it would publish on June 24 the full list of institutions that have submitted their complete student data, in order to ensure transparency and encourage students to participate in the exercise.
The agency made the announcement in a statement by its Head of Media and Public Relations, Nasir Ayitogo.
NELFUND further warned institutions against supplying inaccurate and incomplete data for the registration of the student loan scheme.
The statement said: “It is commendable that many federal institutions have already completed the exercise, having been the first wave, whilst the process of uploading the data to NELFUND SVS is currently ongoing for the state-owned institutions…
“For applicants to be able to access the fund, the individual’s details must feature in the institution’s submitted data set sent to the NELFUND SVS, where automatic applicant verification can then occur seamlessly.
“Failure to have this verification would invalidate the application process and disadvantage applicants. It is, therefore, critical that the information provided by the tertiary institutions is not only complete but also accurate.
“It is, therefore, critical that the information provided by the tertiary institutions is not only complete but also accurate.
“The correlation or matching of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) numbers, matriculation numbers and admission numbers as well as applicants’ full names and dates of birth will support the evaluation process.
“Applicants are urged to enter their data into the portal accurately when applying and to ensure that their email addresses are entered without error.
“NELFUND has expressed its delight in the cooperation it has received from the tertiary institutions at both state and federal level across the nation.”
