I Drove Taxi To Fund My Education In US, Tinubu Speaks On Reason For NELFUND
Tinubu said over N372 billion in student loans and other reforms are expanding access as his own hardship shaped the policy push.
- On Wednesday, President Bola Tinubu shared his experience driving a taxi in Chicago to fund his education in the United States, citing this personal struggle as inspiration for creating the Nigerian Education Loan Fund .
- The Federal Government has provided over N372 billion in student loans through NELFUND, while investing N110 billion to rehabilitate 24 medical schools and strengthen local healthcare training capacity.
- Annual nursing enrollment has surged to 115,000 from 28,000, while the government's technical and vocational education program attracted more than 2.8 million applications and resulted in 38 technical colleges rehabilitated across Nigeria.
- Beyond infrastructure, more than one million previously out-of-school children have returned to learning, and the administration reached an agreement with the Academic Staff Union of Universities providing a 40 per cent increase in staff remuneration.
- The education ministry launched the Nigeria Education Sector Renewal Initiative to provide Nigerians with information on opportunities, as Tinubu urged citizens to report local educational challenges affecting their communities.
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I Drove Taxi To Fund My Education In US, Tinubu Speaks On Reason For NELFUND
The president said he understood the difficulties of paying tuition and accommodation while pursuing an education, adding that every Nigerian child deserved equal opportunities regardless of their background or their parents’ financial circumstances.
Nigeria: I Drove Taxi to Fund My Education in U.S.
President Bola Tinubu has recalled how he worked as a taxi driver and took up other jobs to finance his education in the United States, saying his personal experience has shaped his commitment to expanding educational opportunities for Nigerian children.
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I was once a taxi driver in America
President Bola Tinubu has said that he was once a taxi driver in the United States of America. Tinubu, in a statement, compared his past experiences with his administration’s student loan programme. According to him, after arriving in the United States, he drove a taxi to raise money for his education and postponed starting school […] I was once a taxi driver in America
I Drove Taxi, Did Menial Jobs to Pay My University Fees in US – Tinubu — Akelicious
President Bola Tinubu has recalled how he worked as a taxi driver and took up different jobs in the United States to finance his university education, saying his experiences informed his administration’s commitment to expanding access to education in Nigeria. Tinubu said he had to postpone starting school for several months after arriving in the […]
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