The NELFUND MD said that the portal would aggregate listings from the public and private sector.
Mr Sawyer said the statistics showed a low registration rate, with 3,000 applications from the University of Port Harcourt and 1,500 from the state university.
Mr Mustapha urged institutions in the South-East and South-South to improve sensitisation efforts for timely loan applications.
Mr Sawyerr stated that it also highlighted the widespread trust in NELFUND’s mission to democratise access to tertiary education.
The NOA DG instructed state directorates to gather feedback from students nationwide on the loan disbursement.
The commissioner expressed displeasure over the low number of Edo students applying for the loan.
He said that the ratio of females in tertiary institutions accessing the loans compared to males was not impressive.
NELFUND’s managing director, Akintunde Sawyerr, said the 2024/2025 application cycle would commence on February 22.
He said excluding students from the NELFUND board is akin to shaving a man’s head in his absence.
Mr said NELFUND received loan applications from 364,042 students and that about 169,114 had benefitted from the disbursement of the monthly stipend.
