Campus News2 min read2025-04-28

NELFUND disburses N22b to 200,000 students, opens 2024/2025 application portal

The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) continues to empower students nationwide, having successfully disbursed over ₦22.7 billion in loans to more than 215,000 students across 240 institutions. At a recent press briefing in Ab...

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Danjuma

28 Apr 2025

NELFUND disburses N22b to 200,000 students, opens 2024/2025 application portal
Key takeaways
  • The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) continues to empower students nationwide, having successfully disbursed over ₦22.7 billion in loans to more than 215,000 students across 240 institutions.
  • At a recent press briefing in Abuja, Managing Director Akintunde Sawyerr announced that NELFUND has officially closed the 2023/2024 student loan application portal and will open the 2024/2025 cycle on February 22, 2025 .
  • In just 220 days, NELFUND recorded an impressive 364,042 applications , averaging over 1,000 daily submissions.

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