Tinubu: Student loan programme begins January 2024
By Matthew Atungwu
President Bola Tinubu on Monday announced that the period of industrial activities in the country’s educational system had ended.
The President made the declaration in an address at the 29th edition of the annual Nigerian Economic Summit anchored by the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG), at the Transcorp Hilton, Abuja.
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Additionally, Tinubu revealed that the Students Loans Scheme of his administration will start in January 2024.
“By January 2024, the new Students Loan Programme must commence. To the future of our children and students, we’re saying no more strikes.
“There must be a Consumer Credit Scheme which will have to come into effect as soon as possible.
“We cannot talk about anti-corruption when you have to look for cash to buy a car when there’s no mortgage for homeownership,” he said.