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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has urged President Bola Tinubu to include students of private universities among beneficiaries of the Student Loan Scheme.<\/p>\n

Obasanjo, however, raised doubt over the running of the scheme without recording corrupt practices.<\/p>\n

The former president spoke at the inauguration of the Asiwaju Onafowokan, Coleman Wires and Cables building at Bells University\u2019s College of Postgraduate Studies in Ota, Ogun State.<\/p>\n

According to Obasanjo: \u201cThe Vice-Chancellor has spoken about the need to include students in private universities as beneficiaries of the Student Loan Scheme. I urge the government to listen to that and take heed to include them too. I doubt if the scheme will be run without corruption, that is another matter entirely.\u201d<\/p>\n

Obasanjo, the proprietor of Bell University of Technology, opined that the loan scheme was crucial to the development of the society and the welfare of the citizens and that excluding a group of people would be counterproductive.<\/p>\n

This is coming at a time the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund, NELFUND, Mr Akintunde Sawyerr, said students in private institutions would not benefit from the loan scheme.<\/p>\n

Student Loan scheme: \u2018Include private university students among beneficiaries\u2019 \u2013 Obasanjo tells Tinubu<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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