May 14, 2026

NELFUND Expands Student Loan Access to 22 Additional State-Owned Institutions [Full List]

By Muhammad A. Aliyu

The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has announced that students from an additional 22 state-owned tertiary institutions are now eligible to apply for student loans through its online portal.

This expansion follows a review by the Student Verification System committee.

Students from these newly approved institutions can now submit their loan applications via the NELFUND website at http://nelf.gov.ng.

Prior to this update, 86 state-owned institutions had already been cleared, bringing the total number of institutions whose students can access the loans to 108.

The newly approved institutions include:

  1. Abia State University, Uturu
  2. College of Education, Nsugbe
  3. Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University
  4. Delta State University, Abraka
  5. Delta State Polytechnic, Otefe-Oghara
  6. Ekiti State Polytechnic, Isan-Ekiti
  7. Kogi State University, Kabba
  8. Prince Abubakar Audu University
  9. Kwara State University
  10. Kwara State College of Health Technology
  11. Abdulkadir Kure University, Minna
  12. Ogun State College of Health Technology, Ilese-Ijebu
  13. Moshood Abiola Polytechnic
  14. Emmanuel Alayande University of Education, Oyo
  15. The Polytechnic, Ibadan
  16. Oke Ogun Polytechnic, Saki
  17. Rivers State University, Port Harcourt
  18. Kenule Beeson Saro-Wiwa Polytechnic
  19. Shehu Sule College of Nursing and Midwifery, Damaturu
  20. College of Administration, Management and Technology, Potiskum, Yobe State
  21. College of Agriculture, Science & Technology, Gujba
  22. College of Education, Legal Studies, Nguru
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