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By Adamu Abuh, Abuja
26 August 2024 | 7:11 p.m.
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Okezie Kalu, has allayed the fears of deliberate exclusion of students from the Southeast geo-political portion from the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND). Kalu spoke successful absorption to protests by the South East Caucus successful the National Assembly implicit the alleged exclusion of students from the zone…
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Okezie Kalu, has allayed the fears of deliberate exclusion of students from the Southeast geo-political portion from the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND).
Kalu spoke successful absorption to protests by the South East Caucus successful the National Assembly implicit the alleged exclusion of students from the portion from accessing the fund.
The Deputy Speaker successful a connection connected Monday said helium has engaged NELFUND implicit the pupil indebtedness and expressed optimism that the substance would beryllium resolved.
He explained that during the engagement, issues of mediocre registration of students from the southeast against the full fig of students successful the schools successful the portion were identified arsenic the crushed for the non-shortlisting of names.
Kalu added that determination were mistakes with the completion of the applicable forms specified arsenic non-inclusion of Joint Administration and Matriculation Board (JAMB) results.
Kalu nevertheless said that steps person been taken by the affected institutions wrong the southeast to remedy the situation.
He added that the governors of the portion are besides connected apical of the concern to summation the fig of participating students conscionable arsenic the members of the National Assembly person been arsenic encouraged to scope retired to their constituents for contiguous compliance.
The Deputy Speaker said his bureau has devised immoderate means to summation awareness.
He called for patience among the students and the radical of the southeast, assuring that the needful would beryllium done.
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