Nans blocks the Lagos Biadan motorway in protests, the examination requires the investigation

• OGun CP intervened and appeased demonstrators
• NELFUND clarifies the payment process and refuses the financing studies for the conclusion

Members of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) yesterday organized a peaceful protest against the Lagos-Badan Expressway to express the frustration of its inability to access the loan of the Federal Government for Students as part of the Nigerian educational credit fund (Nelfund).

In the meantime, NELFUND has reacted to media reports that they paid institutional fees and the maintenance allowance for students who had graduated, and insisted that it has strict measures to ensure the transparency and accountability of the payment of funds for authorized students.

Although no violence was reported during the protest, the demonstrators barriculated the expressway and caused a temporary disorder of the vehicle movement.

Her main complaints included the alleged lack of transparency and accountability when paying for the federal government's tertiary education fund intended for student loans.

The demonstrators condemned the increasing costs of the tuition fees and called for an improvement in learning conditions and institutions in tertiary institutions.

However, the protest was classified according to an appeal procedure by Ogun State Commissioner of Police (CP), Lanre Ogunlowo, who hired the demonstrators and appealed for calm.

He asked Nans to reopen the expressway for the normal flow of traffic and assured them that their concerns would urgently be communicated to the relevant authorities.

After the relationship and insurance, the students called out the protest and moved to the headquarters of the state command in Eleweran to meet the CP on student Advocacy via structured channels.

Nans called for a presidential investigation for financial inconsistencies and quoted the investigation of the independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC), which showed that only N28.8 billion students reached 71.2 billion N.

The chairman of the Association of the Association of Ogun, Gabriel Abiola, together with Vice President Felicia Akinbodunse, condemned the “gross deficiency behavior” for loan payments, and found that 51 tertiary institutions allegedly not authorized deductions from N3.500,000 from student fees.

Francis said: “If the published N100 billion N71.2 billion cannot be taken into account, this is a huge and strong graft.”

The ICPC probe launched after a petition of Nelfund and the National Orientation Agency (NOA) showed that NELFUND received N203.8 billion n until March 2024, but only 293,178 students were paid on 299 institutions.

Nans asked Tinubu to examine the activities of NELFUND and sanction perpetrators.
Nelfund commissioned the regions of Südiener South and Southeast to better exploit the student loan process.

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer from Nelfund, Akintunde Sawyerr, said yesterday in Abuja during a stakeholder engagement meeting and technical workshop on system automation and credit application procedures.

Sawyerr explained that the event was a considerable step towards creating a completely digital, transparent and student financial aid system for university formation in Nigeria.

He said: “We have to keep our processes. If a person has already paid their fees in their last year and we have paid their tuition fees, it is the obligation to go to school. I know that my fees are now paid for by an official.

“But to complain that they have already graduated and have gone, the fact that people have been applied for in their last year.

Executive Director (Operations) in Nelfund, Mustapha Iyal, announced that over 576,058 students with a total application value of 170,437.179.836 N170.437.179.836 were registered.

He called for the institutions in the southeast and south south to improve the sensitization efforts for timely credit applications.

According to the chairman, the committee for students for students, scholarships and university financing, IFEOLUWA SHIMENO, the system requires the modernization and tightening of the fund management, tracking and delivery to justified students.

He added: “This is essential for the success of the initiative and will make a major contribution to benefiting our students promptly and accountable.

“Members of my committee have worked tirelessly to ensure that the legislative framework supports and facilitates these reforms. However, the legislative efforts do not sufficient. We need your expertise, your feedback and your active participation to ensure that we have a system that works for everyone who is applying to the institutions that manage the means.”

The three -day event that started with universities yesterday is continued today with polytechnics, monotechnics and institutes. Tomorrow meetings will be included with universities for education, agriculture, health and nursing.