Tinubu Appoints Jim Ovia As Chairman Student Loan Fund

Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi Featured, Latest Headlines, News, News Across Nigeria Friday, April 26th, 2024

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mr. Jim Ovia as the Chairman of the Board of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND).

Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday.

Ovia is the founder of one of Nigeria’s leading banks and a respected business leader, with a surfeit of efforts and beneficence towards nurturing and empowering young Nigerians.

He is an alumnus of Harvard Business School and holds a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Louisiana.

The National Student Loan Programme is a pivotal intervention that seeks to guarantee sustainable higher education and functional skill development for all Nigerian students and youths.

The Nigerian Education Loan Fund, the implementing institution of this innovation, demands excellence and Nigerians of the finest professional ilk to guide and manage.

The President believes Ovia will bring his immense wealth of experience and professional stature to this role to advance the all-important vision of ensuring that no Nigerian student suffers a capricious end to their pursuit of higher education over a lack of funds.

The statement added that the loan is to ensure that Nigerian youths, irrespective of who they are, have access to higher education and skills that would make them productive members of society and core contributors to the knowledge-based global economy of this century.