Jim Ovia, 72, founder of Zenith Bank, has been appointed as the Chairman, Board of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
This was contained in a State House statement issued Friday by the Special Adviser to the President, Media & Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, and titled, ‘President Tinubu appoints Jim Ovia as Chairman of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund’.
“Ovia is the founder of one of Nigeria’s leading banks and a respected business leader, with a surfeit of efforts and benefaction towards nurturing and empowering young Nigerians,” reads the statement.
“He is an alumnus of Harvard Business School and holds a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Louisiana.
It is believed that Ovia’s appointment will also ensure “that Nigerian youths, irrespective of who they are, have access to higher education and skills that will make them productive members of society and core contributors to the knowledge-based global economy of this century.”
“The President believes Mr. Ovia will bring his immense wealth of experience and professional stature to this role to advance the all-important vision of ensuring that no Nigerian student suffers a capricious end to their pursuit of higher education over a lack of funds.”
Earlier today, it was reported that NELFUND warned Nigerians on an ongoing advertisment going on about the Student Loan Scheme.
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