NANS wants the Students’ Loans Act amended to exclude non-student organisations from the Loans Board.
NANS, led by its President Mallam Usman Baranbu met with President Tinubu in Abuja and expressed surprise that the Act did not include student representation in loan disbursement.
The students asked President Tinubu to direct educational institutions to incorporate Student Union Governments in tuition choices to prevent arbitrariness.
NANS President Mallam Usman Baranbu met with President Tinubu in Abuja and expressed surprise that the Act did not include student representation in loan disbursement.
After meeting with the president, Baranbu journalists learned that non-student-oriented organisations would not be disbursed.
especially ASUU. “They run their microfinance banks without students on their boards,” he said.
The NANS President also requested Managing Director or Secretary General jobs for its experts.
He said they discussed with the President the tightness of the loan repayment period, which begins two years after the National Youth Service Corps.
Noting that some NYSC graduates stay unemployed after 2 years.
The students asked President Tinubu to direct educational institutions to incorporate Student Union Governments in tuition choices to prevent arbitrariness.
President Bola Tinubu was pleased with the delegation’s student loan satisfaction despite misgivings.
“If we all believe that education is the greatest weapon against poverty, then we must invest in it,” President Tinubu remarked.
The president promised to address their concerns and warned against factionalism, saying it would derail their ambitions.
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