The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has announced the commencement of student loan applications for 36 state-owned tertiary institutions across Nigeria, effective July 7, 2024.

This was disclosed in a statement by the Fund’s management on Sunday via its official X account.

According to NELFUND, the affected institutions have successfully submitted their student data to the NELFUND Student Verification System (SVS).

The management urged other state-owned tertiary institutions to promptly submit their complete student data to the NELFUND SVS to ensure their students can benefit from the scheme.

The approved institutions include Adamawa State University, Edo State University, Ekiti State University, and Lagos State University, among others.

The full list of the 36 approved state-owned universities are as follows:

1. Adamawa State University, Mubi

2. Ramat Polytechnic, Maiduguri

3. Borno State University

4. Mohammet Lawan College of Agriculture, Borno State

5. Edo State University, Uzairue

6. Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti

7. Gombe State University

8. Kingsley Ozumba Mbadiwe University, Imo State

9. Imo State University of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Umuagwo

10. Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, Zaria

11. Yusuf Maitama Sule University, Kano

12. Umaru Musa Yar’adua University, Katsina

13. Katsina State Institute of Technology and Management

14. Kebbi State University of Science and Technology, Aliero

15. Confluence University of Science and Technology, Kogi State

16. Lagos State University of Education

17. Lagos State University

18. Nasarawa State University, Keffi

19. Tai Solarin University of Education, Ogun State

20. University of Medical Sciences, Ondo

21. Osun State University

22. UNIVERSITY OF ILESA, OSUN STATE

23. GTC, ARA

24. Osun State GTC, GBONGAN

25. Osun State GTC, IJEBU-JESA

26. Osun State GTC, ILE-IFE

27. Osun State GTC, INISA

28. Osun State GTC, IWO

29. Osun State GTC, OSU

30. Osun State GTC, OTAN AYEGBAJU

31. Osun State COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, ILA-ORANGUN

32. GOVERNMENT TECHNICAL COLLEGE ILE-IFE

33. OSUN STATE COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY

34. Taraba State University, Jalingo

35. Umar Suleiman College of Education, Gashua, Yobe State

36. Zamfara State University, Talata Mafara