{"id":5093,"date":"2024-12-18T17:22:50","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T17:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/examscholars.com\/blog\/?p=5093"},"modified":"2024-12-18T17:22:50","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T17:22:50","slug":"tinubu-admin-disburses-n34bn-in-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/examscholars.com\/blog\/tinubu-admin-disburses-n34bn-in-education\/","title":{"rendered":"The Tinubu administration provides education loans of N34 billion to 300,000 students."},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>300,000 students receive N34 billion in education loans from the Tinubu administration.<\/h4>\n<p>Through the Nigeria Education Loan Fund, the Federal Government has issued N34 billion in loans to more than 300,000 students at Nigeria\u2019s higher institutions, according to President Bola Tinubu.<\/p>\n<p>This was disclosed to the National Assembly when the N49.7 trillion 2025 budget estimates were presented.<\/p>\n<p>The Nigeria Education Loan Fund was created to help eligible Nigerian students pay for tuition and other fees, charges, and maintenance while they are enrolled in accredited postsecondary educational institutions as well as vocational and skills training centers in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>President Tinubu revealed that the government has set aside N826.90 billion for the building of educational infrastructure in the fiscal year 2025, in addition to the loan disbursement. Funds for the nine new higher education institutions and Universal Basic Education are included in this clause.<\/p>\n<p>It is anticipated that the sector will benefit from government investment in education. 27,667 students have benefited from the N2.9 billion that the Nigeria Education Loan Fund has already distributed to 19 universities nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, President Tinubu emphasized the government\u2019s dedication to enhancing Nigerian healthcare. The 2025 budget allots N282.65 billion for the Basic Health Care Fund and N402 billion for health sector infrastructure investments.<\/p>\n<p>It is anticipated that the government\u2019s planned acquisition of necessary medications for distribution to public healthcare facilities across the country will enhance healthcare accessibility and lessen reliance on imported medications.<\/p>\n<p>In general, it is anticipated that Nigerians\u2019 lives will be improved by the government\u2019s spending on healthcare and education. Important measures toward expanding access to education include the establishment of the Nigeria Education Loan Fund and the distribution of cash for the improvement of educational facilities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/authorityngr.com\/2024\/12\/18\/tinubu-admin-disburses-n34bn-in-education-loans-to-300000-students\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Authority<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div data-url=\"https:\/\/www.premiumtimesng.com\/news\/755177-utme-2025-jamb-begins-accreditation-of-cbt-centres.html\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2421 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/examscholars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-11-03-at-14.30.40.jpeg\" alt=\"The Tinubu administration provides education loans of N34 billion to 300,000 students.\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/examscholars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-11-03-at-14.30.40.jpeg 1600w, https:\/\/examscholars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-11-03-at-14.30.40-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/examscholars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-11-03-at-14.30.40-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/examscholars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-11-03-at-14.30.40-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/examscholars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-11-03-at-14.30.40-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/examscholars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-11-03-at-14.30.40-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/examscholars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-11-03-at-14.30.40-24x24.jpeg 24w, https:\/\/examscholars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-11-03-at-14.30.40-36x36.jpeg 36w, https:\/\/examscholars.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-11-03-at-14.30.40-48x48.jpeg 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/div>\n<div data-url=\"https:\/\/www.premiumtimesng.com\/news\/755177-utme-2025-jamb-begins-accreditation-of-cbt-centres.html\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/examscholars.com\/blog\/score-300-and-above-with-exam-scholars-jamb-cbt-practice-software-free-download-and-more\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener sponsored\">Score 300 and above with Exam Scholars JAMB CBT Practice Software: Free Download and More<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.examscholar.app.utme&pli=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener sponsored\">Download Exam Scholars JAMB CBT App on Andriod<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/examscholars.com\/examscholars-utme-setup-win7.msi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener sponsored\">Download Exam Scholars JAMB CBT App on PC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>SEASON GREETINGS FROM EXAM SCHOLARS<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>300,000 students receive N34 billion in education loans from the Tinubu administration. Through the Nigeria Education Loan Fund, the Federal Government has issued N34 billion in loans to more than 300,000 students at Nigeria\u2019s higher institutions, according to President Bola Tinubu. This was disclosed to the National Assembly when the N49.7 trillion 2025 budget estimates [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4506,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7354],"tags":[7453,7452,7451,7448,391,7446,7449,7450,7444,7447,7445,1715],"class_list":["post-5093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-bursary-department-assistance","tag-course-registration-after-loan-payment","tag-federal-government-educational-loans","tag-how-to-access-student-loans-in-nigeria","tag-nigeria","tag-nigerian-federal-student-loan","tag-online-student-portal","tag-steps-to-confirm-loan-payment","tag-student-loans-2024","tag-uniport-student-loan","tag-university-of-port-harcourt-loans","tag-update"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/examscholars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/examscholars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/examscholars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/examscholars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/examscholars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5093"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/examscholars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5094,"href":"https:\/\/examscholars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5093\/revisions\/5094"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/examscholars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/examscholars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/examscholars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/examscholars.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}