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JUST IN: Tinubu Appoints Board Chairman For Student Loan Fund 

Mr Jim Ovia has been appointed as the Chairman, Board of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund by president Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

Ovia is a renowned banker, businessman and founder of Zenith Bank

This is contained in a statement issued on Friday by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale.

According to the statement “Ovia is the founder of one of Nigeria’s leading banks and a respected business man, with a surfeit of efforts and benefaction towards nurturing and empowering young Nigerians.

“He is an alumnus of Harvard Business School and holds a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Louisiana.”

“The National Student Loan Programme is a pivotal intervention that seeks to guarantee sustainable higher education and functional skill development for all Nigerian students and youths.

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“The Nigerian Education Loan Fund, the implementing institution of this innovation, demands excellence and Nigerians of the finest professional ilk to guide and manage.

“The President believes Mr. Ovia will bring his immense wealth of experience and professional stature to this role to advance the all-important vision of ensuring that no Nigerian student suffers a capricious end to their pursuit of higher education over a lack of funds,” the statement partly read.

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“Ovia’s appointment will also ensure “that Nigerian youths, irrespective of who they are, have access to higher education and skills that will make them productive members of society and core contributors to the knowledge-based global economy of this century.”



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