UNIOSUN Makes Students Loan Mandatory For New Intakes

All new students at Osun State University are required by the university’s management to apply for a student loan from the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND).

It was mentioned that the decision was made to make things easy for the students so they could focus solely on academics.

Speaking at the institution’s 18th Matriculation Ceremony on Friday, Vice-Chancellor Prof. Clement Adebooye made a suggestion that student loans were provided by the federal government through the NELFUND.

He said, “This is an intervention to cushion the effect of economic hardship on students. The management of this institution has decided that every new student must apply and access it to further make student life easy for you.”

Adebooye revealed that only 11,000 of the 30,000 applicants were accepted into the various academic programs offered by the school’s colleges and campuses.

As he cautioned against social vices including exam m@lpractice, c¥ltism, ind£cent dressing, dr¥g misuse, s€xual h@r@ssment, and truancy, he asked the new students to embrace the ideals of integrity, discipline, and moral uprightness.