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Civil Society, CAPPA Kicks Against President Tinubu’s Students Loan Act, Calls For Grants For Nigerian Undergraduates | Sahara Reporters

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A civil society organisation, the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has called for the repeal of the Access to Higher Education Act, 2023, otherwise known as the Students Loan Act, in Nigeria and the conversion of the education bank into a special intervention vehicle for dispensing education grants and bursaries to students in public tertiary institutions. The organisation made the call during a symposium, held on Friday in Lagos State, South-West Nigeria which was titled: 'Will Students Loans Improve Access To Education In Nigeria?'

Civil Society, CAPPA Kicks Against President Tinubu’s Students Loan Act, Calls For Grants For Nigerian UndergraduatesCAPPA stated that funding public education was a social responsibility of the government as such while insisting that any attempt and call to privatise education in Nigeria should be vigorously rejected.

While commending the efforts of the sponsor of the Act, former Speaker, House of Representatives Femi Gbajabiamila, to expand access to higher education for Nigerian students, the organisation however, noted that the"current income cap, stringent and restrictive guarantor requirements, and uncertainty and vague suggestions around loan disbursement are areas of concern" which it said could potentially undermine the legislation's objective of increasing access to higher education in...

Olufemi regretted that these challenges had continued to limit opportunities for citizens to receive the proper value orientation necessary for their survival in a fast-paced world. He, however, queried,"How many indigent families have access to this sort of network or even the resources to cater to the sundry charges associated with tertiary education amid the economic downtime and sharp falls in living standards?

 

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