By Ken Chiwendu
President Bola Tinubu on Monday said that the students loan scheme announced on assumption of office will now take off in January 2024.
The president made this known while speaking at the 29th edition of the annual Nigerian Economic Summit, organised by the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG), in Abuja.
Tinubu who said that the era of strikes in the Nation’s public universities has come to an end assured, “By January 2024, the new Students Loan Programme must commence. To the future of our children and students we’re saying no more strikes.”
The president also revealed his administration’s plans to stabilise the economy saying ,
“There must be consumer credit scheme that will have to come to effect as soon as possible. I thank my team and my colleagues to build this programme, develop it now. We cannot talk about anti-corruption when you have to look for cash to buy a car, when there’s no mortgage for homeownership,” .
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