Student Loan: Dogara Makes Case for Private University Students

Yakubu Dogara, a former speaker of the house, has pushed the federal government to include students attending private colleges in the purview of its Students’ Loan Scheme.

In his remarks at the university’s 13th convocation celebration on Saturday, Dogara—who is presently the Chancellor of Achievers University in Owo, Ondo State—made this plea.

The government, under the direction of President Bola Tinubu, created the Students Loan Scheme as a stopgap measure to lessen the impact of the elimination of fuel subsidies.

According to the former federal senator, the government must ensure that the nation’s massive youth enrollment at both public and private colleges benefits from the proper administration of the student loan program.

Dogara appealed “To the Federal Government to consider the plight being faced by students of tertiary institutions. While commending the Students’ Loan Scheme of this present administration, I join my voice in the call for the inclusion of private university students in the Students’ Loan Scheme of this administration as part of the palliative measures since they are also Nigerians.

“The scheme should also be properly managed for the benefit of the teeming youths of this country.”

President Tinubu had introduced student loans in response to the hardships encountered by the country’s students following an increase in higher education tuition fees.