Nigeria: NELFUND board member tackles Atiku over comments on student loan

…says Tinubu never ordered tuition fee hike

A board member representing students on the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), Comrade Umar Farouk Lawal, has faulted former vice president and presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, over his comments on the student loan scheme and alleged increases in tuition fees.

Lawal, in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, said there was no evidence that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu ordered an increase in…