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Students’ Loan: NELFUND To Link Beneficiaries With Recruitment Agencies
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has revealed plans to bring on board recruitment agencies on its platform to provide direct employment opportunities for applicants of the loans.
NELFUND’s Managing Director, Akintunde Sawyer, who disclosed this yesterday during an interactive session with the Coalition Against Corruption and Bad Governance (CACOBAG) in Lagos, stressed that quick employment of applicants after graduation would help fasten repayment of the loans.
He said beneficiaries were expected to begin repayment two years after the completion of their National Youth Service Corp (NYSC), but that those who got employed early could begin to repay before the stipulated period.
The NELFUND boss assured of a seamless approach by applicants to get access to the loan through their respective institutions, stressing that the loan was to ensure all Nigerian undergraduates struggling with payment of their tuition fees were able to complete their academics.
Also, in a bid to ensure transparency in the disbursement process, he called for the support of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs).
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Reps Direct Ministry of Health to Provide Detailed Report on Nutrition Interventions Amid Malnutrition Crisis
By Gloria Ikibah
The House of Representatives has called on the Ministry of Health to submit comprehensive information on the federal government’s and donor agencies’ nutrition interventions aimed at combating malnutrition in Nigeria.
Chairman Committee on Nutrition and Food Security, Rep. Chike Okafor during a budget defense session eemphasised the need for detailed figures for 2024 and clear projections for 2025, including an overview of contributions from 27 development partners.
Members of the committee also questioned duplications in budgeted nutrition supplies, stressing the importance of transparency and effective utilization of resources to address the nation’s nutrition challenges.
The Ministry, led by Permanent Secretary Daju Kachollom, proposed ₦2.9 billion for nutrition interventions in the 2025 budget, focusing on therapeutic supplies and expanding successful community-based programs. Efforts to reduce reliance on imported therapeutic foods and promote local manufacturing were also highlighted.
The committee underscored the need for effective collaboration between government agencies and the private sector to ensure better nutrition outcomes across the country.
By Kayode Sanni-Arewa
US President-elect, Donald Trump’s incoming administration plans to immediately order a series of deportation raids targeting illegal immigrants after his inauguration.
Chicago is expected to be the first major city targeted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents as part of Operation Safeguard, the New York Times reported, citing two people familiar with planning the undertaking.
The massive deportation operation is expected to target criminals and gang members in the United States illegally and run for one week.
Trump has promised to conduct the largest deportation program in U.S. history.
Up to 200 ICE agents are being sent to Chicago to help kick off the operation on Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal reported. The agency has already asked agents to volunteer for the post-inauguration raids.
“There’s gonna be a big raid across the country,” Tom Homan, who will be in charge of U.S. borders once Trump takes office, told Fox News in an interview.
Homan has previously said he will instruct ICE agents to carry out raids on illegal immigrants at their workplaces.
In addition to Chicago, the sweeping crackdown will also target other major U.S. cities with large immigrant populations.
Trump is set to take the oath of office on Monday, January 20, in an inauguration that will take place indoors.
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