The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has announced a final 48-hour reopening of its verification portal to allow tertiary institutions that are yet to complete their student verification exercise to do so.
This was disclosed in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday by Oseyemi Oluwatuyi, Director of Strategic Communications of the Fund. According to her, the portal will be open from 12:00 a.m. on Sunday, October 12, to 12:00 a.m. on Tuesday, October 14.
Mrs Oluwatuyi stated that the extension is aimed at ensuring all eligible students are duly captured and verified by their respective institutions as part of the ongoing 2024/2025 NELFUND student loan application process.
“Institutional heads are strongly advised to make full use of this final opportunity,” she said. “Failure to complete the verification process within the stipulated period will result in the affected institutions forfeiting participation in the current loan cycle, a situation that will regrettably disadvantage their students who are the ultimate beneficiaries of the loan scheme.”
She further explained that, in the spirit of transparency and accountability, NELFUND will publish the list of institutions that fail to meet the deadline.
Mrs Oluwatuyi reaffirmed the Fund’s commitment to equitable access to higher education through transparent and inclusive loan management aimed at supporting Nigerian students financially.