President Tinubu signs student loan bill into law
President Tinubu signs student loan bill into law
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (GCFR) on Monday, June 12, signed the Student Loan Bill into law
The law which Tinubu during his campaign, had promised to give to students as part of efforts to develop the education sector, build youth capacity, will provide for interest-free loans to indigent Nigerian students.
Tinubu made the promise at the British Royal Institute in London.
“Youths are the greatest asset of tomorrow,” Tinubu said in Chatham House while fielding questions from participants at the event.
He said that they would be part of his “all-inclusive” government, pointing to the Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
“The education system is to change. We would overhaul it and tinker with some areas with the philosophy that no one would be left behind. There will be student loans for all. We are going to reform the Almajiri system, We are equally going to build more schools, recruit more teachers and train them,” the former Lagos state governor said.
To further help young people, he said if elected, his government would equally introduce technology hubs where youths can acquire digital skills to better develop their leadership skills.
“Youths can even develop technological languages on their own and make a better 21st-century approach to governance in Nigeria,” he said.