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2024 Budget: Student loan scheme to commence January

Beloved JohnNovember 30, 20231 min

The much-anticipated student loan scheme has now received budgetary allocation to ensure commencement next year President Bola Tinubu has said the student loan scheme will become operational by January 2024. He disclosed this on Wednesday during the presentation of the 2024 Appropriation Bill at the National Assembly in Abuja. According to him, the scheme is a sustainable model for funding tertiary education, and increasing citizen’s access to higher education. Describing the budget as the Renewed...

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Tinubu seeks approval for fresh $8.6bn, £100m loans

Beloved JohnNovember 29, 20232 min

President Bola Tinubu has approached the House of Representatives for the approval of $8.6 billion and £100 million in fresh loans. The request of the President was contained in a letter to the House read during the plenary by the Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas on Tuesday. According to the president, the loans are needed to fix Nigeria’s infrastructural deficit, the harsh economic crisis and improve citizen’s standard of living across the country. “I write in reference...

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Reps ask FG to expand rail lines across geopolitical zones

Beloved JohnNovember 23, 20232 min

The motion sponsor said the provision of rail lines linking all the geo-political zones would save lives and relieve the pressure on the already failing road infrastructure. The House of Representatives has called on the Federal Government to construct new railway lines in the South-South, South-East, North-Central, and North-western parts of Nigeria. The House noted that an expansion of the rail transport system to other parts of the country would be beneficial to the country’s...

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Reps charge states to domesticate law protecting PWD

Beloved JohnNovember 14, 20232 min

Rep Dawodu argued that the Ministry of Information and National Orientation failed in its task of promoting and educating the public about the inclusion of PWD. The House of Representatives has urged State Governments to domesticate the Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities. PWD (Prohibition) Law in their respective states. This is even as it directed the Ministry of Information and National Orientation and religious organisations to sensitise the public about the discrimination against persons with...

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