Oil wealth, poor students and the NELFUND question
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Oluremi Tinubu faced backlash for suggesting NELFUND loan beneficiaries sell snacks to fund their studies. Critics argue this view ignores the systemic poverty facing Nigerian students. The debate centers on whether such advice is practical for those seeking social mobility.
There is perhaps no more jarring illustration of Nigeria’s confused understanding of educational opportunity and social investment than the widely criticised suggestion by Mrs Oluremi Tinubu that beneficiaries of the Federal Government’s Nigerian Education Loan Fund, having received an opportunity to acquire education, could also “start small” by selling akara and kuli kuli to support Read More: https://punchng.com/oil-wealth-poor-students-and-the-nelfund-question/
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