The Managing Director of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), Dr Akintunde Sawyerr, urges students in Nigeria’s North Central region to apply for the federal student loan scheme. Speaking in Lafia, he says the program is supported by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration and is accessible through digital channels. Sawyerr also cites scale of uptake nationwide, stating that 850,000 individual Nigerians have benefited from the loan scheme and that more than one million loan applications have been received. He adds that NELFUND has disbursed a total of N303 billion over about two years. The reports emphasize that eligible students should “key into” or take advantage of the scheme, particularly those in North Central states, and use the available online processes to submit or access loan information. Neither outlet reports changes to eligibility rules or specific application deadlines, but both frame the remarks as an encouragement for greater student participation in the loan program and a confirmation of the amounts already disbursed.