N’Assembly Passes Student Loan Bill, Proposes Jail For Defaulters

The National Assembly, on Wednesday, passed the Student Loans (Access to Higher Education) Act (Repeal and Re-Enactment) Bill, 2024. This comes after separate considerations by both the Senate and the House of Representatives of the report of the Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFund. President Bola Tinubu in a letter written to the Senate last Thursday sought the repeal of the existing law and submitted a fresh bill to be passed into law. This request came a day after the announcement of a temporary suspension of the commencement of the student loan scheme which would allow students of tertiary institutions…

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Assent Nigeria Peace Corps Bill As Parting Gift To Youths – Dickson Akoh

According to him, the passage of the Nigerian Peace Corps Bill is not only timely, reassuring and a renewed hope for the Nigerian youth, but also a pointer to the fact that the political elites is still very much conscious of the social challenges confronting the youth and therefore, passionate on proffering solutions to the challenges to same in order to place the youth in the front burner of our national life.

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