PRESIDENT TINUBU APPOINTS JIM OVIA AS CHAIRMAN OF THE NIGERIAN EDUCATION LOAN FUND
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mr. Jim Ovia, CFR, renowned banker and businessman, as the Chairman of the Board of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND).
Mr. Ovia is the founder of one of Nigeria's leading banks and a respected business leader, 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.
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 and of ensuring 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.
Congratulations
ReplyDeleteGood for them hope he will not disappoint
ReplyDeleteI love the names I am seeing in these appointments. No more born to rule. Thanks Baba T
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Sir.
Jim Ovia is passionate about education and it's funding and had been doing his bit with his foundation. He alluded to this in his book: the sacrifices his older brother made to see him through secondary school and how his exposure to tech in uni led him to embrace it's application in the running of his bank.
ReplyDeleteI've been hoping that this administration would bring him on board somehow and I'm glad that his passion, expertise and experience will be useful to midwife this project.
Congratulations
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ReplyDeleteGood appointment. But pls he should not handle these loans like he does the loan requests in Zenith. If he does that then VERY FEW students will get it.
ReplyDelete🫣😅 oh gosh
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