Introduction

To enhance operational efficiency and comprehensively address the challenges hindering the effective implementation of the student loan scheme, and in line with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Agenda on education financing, the Honourable Minister of Education constituted a High-Level Committee on NELFUND for the Standardisation of Administrative and Other Charges to Achieve Uniformity in Transactions of student loans in public tertiary institutions across the country. The Committee, headed by Mr Abel O. Enitan, the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Education, was inaugurated on Wednesday, 14 May 2025. Other Members are:

1. Prof. Abdullahi Y. Ribadu Executive Secretary, NUC Co-Chairman
2. Prof. Sagir Abbas Chairman, CVC & VC, BUK Member
3. Prof. Tanko Ishaya Co-Chairman, CVC & VC, UniJos Member
4. Mr. Akintunde Sawyerr Managing Director, NELFUND Member
5. Hajia Rakiya G. Ilyasu Director, University Education, FME Member
6. Dr. Ejeh Usman Director, Polytechnic Education, FME Member
7. Dr. Uchenna C. Uba Director, Colleges of Education, FME Member
8. Prof. Folashade T. Ogunsola VC, University of Lagos Member
9. Mr. Mustapha Iyal Exec. Director, Operations, NELFUND Member
10. Mr. Aliyu M. Aliyu Director, Mon. & Eval., NELFUND Member

Secretariat
The Honourable Minister also approved that the Secretariat of the Committee should be domiciled in the National Universities Commission (NUC), Abuja. In this regard, the under-listed staff of the Commission were appointed to provide secretarial services:

i. Mr. Adewale Bakare – Deputy Director, Corporate Services
ii. Mrs. Olayemi Dada – Chief Personnel Officer, Corporate Services
iii. Miss Jamila A. Dahiru – Assistant Chief Academic Planning Officer