Fifty nine billion said to be disbursed to six hundred thousand students under the Nigerian Education Loan Fund NELFUND.
The Director General National Orientation Agency NOA Alhaji Lanre Isa Onilu who stated this during a Town Hall meeting on National Value's Reorientation,flood disaster mitigation,the Nigerian identity project and National Value's and National security Awareness held in Bauchi said the fund provide digital student loans to qualify public tertiary students get support.
Alhaji Lanre Onilu who was represented by the Zonal Director North East Ali Audu , Alhaji Isa Onilu said renovation of 700 hundred schools is ongoing under the renewed hope infrastructure fund to improve the education sector.
He explained that the town Hall meeting focusses on 5 key areas where the citizenry will be sensitize on government policies and programs in order to have value reorientation.
Earlier,the state Director NOA Alhaji Muhammad Nasiru Mahe said as part of their grassroots approach the agency's Community Orientation and Mobilization Officers will be engage the public in the 20 LGAs across Bauchi state to provide clarity on government programs and policies.
Alhaji Nasiru Mahe said the campaign will be carried out through Town Hall meetings ,advocacy visits,school visitation and other community outreach activities.
In their separate messages representatives of The Nigerian Army Captain A. H Solomon,NSCDC Superintendent Yusuf Zagi call for support and provide useful information to security agencies to improve security in the society.
In his remarks,the Galadiman Bauchi Surveyor Saidu Jahun called for the change of school curriculum to enhance education and call for the enlightenment of community involved on the money spent on flood mitigation
