Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinubu has said that the student loan programme will commence in January 2024.
Tinubu made this known during the presentation of the 2024 Appropriation Bill before a joint session of the National Assembly in Abuja today, Wednesday.
The President averred that the 2024 budget tagged Budget of Renewed Hope will achieve job-rich economic growth.
While noting that it will address long-standing issues in the education sector, Tinubu said the student loan will begin in January.
The Nigerian leader who began the presentation of the N27.5 trillion Appropriation Bill at 11. 40 a.m., promised that when passed, the government would start the implementation on January 1, 2024.
The budget presentation had a high turnover of federal lawmakers at both the Senate and House of Representatives.
