Afrigather Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has urged President Bola Tinubu to incorporate college students of personal universities amongst beneficiaries of the Pupil Mortgage Scheme.
Obasanjo, nonetheless, raised doubt over the operating of the scheme with out recording corrupt practices.
The previous president spoke on the inauguration of the Asiwaju Onafowokan, Coleman Wires and Cables constructing at Bells College’s Faculty of Postgraduate Research in Ota, Ogun State.
In accordance with Obasanjo: “The Vice-Chancellor has spoken about the necessity to embody college students in personal universities as beneficiaries of the Pupil Mortgage Scheme. I urge the federal government to take heed to that and take heed to incorporate them too. I doubt if the scheme can be run with out corruption, that’s one other matter completely.”
Obasanjo, the proprietor of Bell College of Know-how, opined that the mortgage scheme was essential to the event of the society and the welfare of the residents and that excluding a gaggle of individuals can be counterproductive.
That is coming at a time the Chief Govt Officer of the Nigerian Schooling Mortgage Fund, NELFUND, Mr Akintunde Sawyerr, mentioned college students in personal establishments wouldn’t profit from the mortgage scheme.
