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FG commits N90 billion to support 400,000 tertiary students’ education through NELFUND 

The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, has announced that President Bola Tinubu has committed more than N90 billion to the education and welfare of students across Nigeria’s tertiary institutions. Idris disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja during a courtesy visit from a platform of State Commissioners of Information led by the […]

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