Nigeria: Why student loan scheme is under-subscribed in South-South, South-East – VC — Africa Links 24

The Vice Chancellor, University of Port Harcourt, Prof. Owunari Georgewill, says the Nigerian student loan programme records low participation in the South-South and South-East regions because of deep rooted cultural resistance.

Speaking at a Strategic Engagement and Sensitisation Campaign by the Nigerian Education Loan Fund, NELFUND, on Wednesday in Port-Harcourt, Georgewill said, families in these regions were reluctant to associate their children with debt, even as the loan was…