Kí ni ètò rẹ fún ẹ̀kọ́, àti kí ni yóò ṣẹlẹ̀ sí NELFUND tí wọ́n bá yàn ọ́?

Ètò mi fún ẹ̀kọ́ bẹ̀rẹ̀ pẹ̀lú ìgbàgbọ́ tí ó ṣe kedere: ẹ̀kọ́ kò gbọ́dọ̀ bẹ̀rẹ̀ pẹ̀lú òkìtì gbèsè tí ó rọ̀ mọ́ ọjọ́ ọ̀la ọ̀dọ́mọdé ará Nàìjíríà kan.

Lórí NELFUND fúnra rẹ̀, mo ti sọ ní kedere pé àwọn ìyáwó akẹ́kọ̀ọ́ (student loans) kì í ṣe ohun tí a ó ṣe ayẹyẹ rẹ̀ bí ẹni pé ìdáhùn ni wọ́n. Ìyáwó kì í ṣe sikálásíìpì, gbèsè ni. Yíyá àwọn akẹ́kọ̀ọ́ lówó láti bá owó ilé-ìwé tí ń gòkè lọ dojú kọ, kí a sì tún ní béèrè fún ìyìn, kò dọ́gba pẹ̀lú ṣíṣe kí ẹ̀kọ́ wà ní ààyè owó. Àdánwò tòótọ́ ni bóyá ìdílé rẹ lè kọ́ àwọn ọmọ rẹ láì ní kí a tì wọ́n sínú gbèsè kìkì láti jẹ́ kí wọ́n lè máa wà ní ilé-ìwé.

Ìyẹn ni ìdí tí mo fi ṣe àyẹ̀wò ìlànà ìyáwó akẹ́kọ̀ọ́ tí ó wà lọ́wọ́lọ́wọ́. Ọ̀nà tí mo gbà ni láti dín iye owó àbísọ ti ẹ̀kọ́ fúnra rẹ̀ kù, kì í ṣe kìkì láti máa fi ìyáwó síwájú sí i fún wọn láti bo iye owó tí ń gòkè lọ. Lẹ́yìn àyẹ̀wò náà pẹ̀lú, mo ti pinnu láti pèsè ìdáríjì fún àwọn gbèsè akẹ́kọ̀ọ́ tí ó yẹ, kí àwọn ọ̀dọ́mọdé ará Nàìjíríà lè parí ẹ̀kọ́ wọn pẹ̀lú ìrètí dípò ẹrù ìsanwó-padà tí ó rọ̀ mọ́ wọn. Ẹ̀kọ́ gbọ́dọ̀ ṣí ìlẹ̀kùn sílẹ̀, kì í ṣe fi ọjọ́ ọ̀la rẹ sinkọ (mortgage).

Mo tún ti ṣe kedere pé ìtura owó ìgbésí-ayé èyíkéyìí tí mo bá mú wá, bí ṣíṣe kí epo rọrùn jù, kò ní dẹ́rùbà NELFUND, owó-oṣù àwọn òṣìṣẹ́, tàbí owó-oṣù tí ó kéré jùlọ (minimum wage). Bí ìṣirò ooto kan bá wà tí ó fi ohun mìíràn hàn, ó yẹ kí a tẹ̀ ẹ́ jáde, ní ìlà-ìlà, kí àwọn ará Nàìjíríà lè rí i.

Ní ikọjá àwọn ìyáwó, mo gbà gbọ́ nínú ṣíṣe àtìlẹ́yìn fún àwọn akẹ́kọ̀ọ́ àti àwọn ilé-ìwé tààràtà. Nípasẹ̀ ètò Education Day tèmi fúnra mi ní Ìpínlẹ̀ Adamawa, ẹgbẹ́ mi ti pèsè sikálásíìpì, ìwé-ìkọ̀wé, pẹ́nsùlù, bírò, àti àwọn ohun èlò ìkọ́nilẹ́kọ̀ọ́ fún àwọn ilé-ìwé gbogbogbòò, wọ́n sì ti ṣe àtòjọ àwọn akẹ́kọ̀ọ́ olóye fún àwọn ẹ̀bùn sikálásíìpì láti máa báa tẹ̀síwájú nínú ẹ̀kọ́ wọn. Mo tún ti dá Atiku Abubakar Foundation sílẹ̀, èyí tí ó ń pèsè sikálásíìpì fún àwọn ọmọbìnrin kéékèèké, àti Atiku Institute, tí ń ṣiṣẹ́ láti bá òṣì jà láàrín àwọn obìnrin àgbàlagbà. Nípasẹ̀ Standard Microfinance Bank, tí mo dá sílẹ̀, a ti fún ó lé ní 60,000 obìnrin lágbára tí a sì ti gbé wọn sókè kúrò nínú òṣì. Mo pinnu láti ṣiṣẹ́ pẹ̀lú àwọn alábàáṣiṣẹ́ bí Malala Fund láti jẹ́ kí ẹ̀kọ́ di ohun tí ń yí ipò akọ àti abo padà (gender transformative) tí ó sì ní ìsinmọ̀ fún àwọn ọmọbìnrin ní gbogbo Áfíríkà.

Àwọn ìdáhùn tó wà lórí ojú-ìwé yìí ni a túmọ̀ láti èdè Gẹ̀ẹ́sì nípasẹ̀ ẹ̀rọ, kò sì tíì ṣàyẹ̀wò rẹ̀ láti ọwọ́ atúmọ̀-èdè kan.

Ibi tí èyí ti wá

Post on X Post by @atiku on X · https://x.com/atiku/status/1691172404318380032 2023-08-14 ›

Today, I had the honor of hosting the @MalalaFund team in Nigeria, led by Ms. Fatima Askira, @Fatiskira, to engage in discussions about possible collaboration opportunities between the American University of Nigeria, @AUNigeria, and the Malala Fund. Our shared goal is to enhance access to education for girls and ensure inclusive education for all. It deeply saddens me that education has faced significant challenges in Nigeria. To address this, I established the Atiku Abubakar Foundation, which primarily offers scholarships to young girls. Additionally, the Atiku Institute was founded to combat poverty among adult women. I also highlighted that through the Standard MicroFinance Bank, which I set up, we've empowered and uplifted over 60,000 women from poverty. I'm committed to joining hands with the Malala Fund to champion advocacy to make education gender transformative in Africa. -AA

Post on X Post by @atiku on X · https://x.com/atiku/status/1866398313676943372 2024-12-10 ›

Yesterday, my team concluded our annual intervention programme tagged Education Day, designed to provide annual outreach in support to public schools around Adamawa State. This year’s edition of the programme focused on schools in the Ganye area of the state. It is a day set aside to support public education through the provision of scholarships and educational materials to public schools and students. This year, the team visited ALL the 18 public schools in Ganye to distribute notebooks, pencils, biros, and teaching and learning materials to public schools. The programme also shortlisted 10 brilliant students for scholarship awards for the next phase of their education. -AA

Article on X Article by @atiku on X · https://x.com/atiku/status/2094810791937446399 2026-09-01 ›

It is fundamentally different from allowing living costs to explode, watching Nigerians struggle with hunger and unaffordable healthcare, and then arriving close to an election with another round of emergency handouts. And, Bola, your attempt to use NELFUND as a shield against Atiku’s cost-of-living proposal is even more dishonest. You now want Nigerians to believe that making fuel cheaper will somehow threaten student loans, workers’ salaries and the minimum wage. That is fearmongering dressed up as economics. Celebrating NELFUND as proof that education has become affordable under your government is like setting school fees on fire and then boasting that you lent students a bucket of water. What exactly is the wisdom in presiding over dramatic increases in school fees in some institutions, only to turn around and celebrate loans as the solution? You make education more expensive, lend students money to survive the increase, and then demand applause for the rescue. That is not affordability. It is witchcraft economics: create the burden with one hand, offer debt with the other, and demand applause for the intervention.

Article on X Article by @atiku on X · https://x.com/atiku/status/2094810791937446399 2026-09-01 ›

The good news for Nigerian students is that Atiku has reviewed the current student-loan policy and believes education should not begin with a mountain of debt hanging over a young Nigerian’s future. His approach will reduce the underlying cost of education and, after review, provide forgiveness for qualifying student debts so that young Nigerians can graduate with hope rather than repayment burdens. Education should open doors, not mortgage the future. A student loan is not a scholarship. It is a liability. The proper test of an education policy is whether ordinary families can educate their children without being pushed into debt merely to keep them in school. When students increasingly require loans because the underlying cost of education has become prohibitive, government should not parade the loan itself as evidence that the system is working. And your attempt to frighten students and workers by claiming that Atiku’s targeted and capped production support will somehow destroy NELFUND, reduce salaries or reverse the minimum wage is a fallacious claim without a ledger behind it. If your government has the arithmetic, Bola, publish it. Show Nigerians, line by line, how a transparently budgeted subsidy tied to Nigerian crude and domestic refining suddenly empties NELFUND or workers’ pay packets.

ojú ìwé 36 MANIFESTO OF THE AFRICAN DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS (ADC) Party Manifesto 2027-2031 2026-10-05 ›

● Within the first 100 days, declare a national emergency on out-of-school children and convene a National Education Summit to develop and implement a clear action plan ● Partner with states and local governments to identify and return out-of-school children to classrooms through targeted outreach ● Declare a state of emergency in technical and vocational education, expanding skills training centres and aligning them with industry needs ● Provide student loans and financing support to enable young Nigerians to access technical and vocational education. ● Integrate vocational training into secondary education to create multiple pathways for learning and employment 2. Reform UBEC for accountability and results We will restructure the Universal Basic Education system to ensure funds are efficiently used, transparently managed, and tied to measurable outcomes. Details: ● Reform the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) to focus on students, not fund administration. ● Simplify access to UBEC funds for states while enforcing strict accountability and reporting standards ● Digitize UBEC processes to track fund disbursement, school performance, and project implementation in real time

ojú ìwé 36 MANIFESTO OF THE AFRICAN DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS (ADC) Party Manifesto 2027-2031 2026-10-05 ›

3. Strengthen community participation in education Bring education closer to the people by empowering communities and local governments to take an active role in managing and improving schools. Details: ● Establish Local Government Education Committees involving parents, teachers, traditional leaders, and community stakeholders ● Give communities a role in monitoring teacher attendance, school performance, and infrastructure maintenance ● Provide small grants and support for community-led school improvement initiatives ● Encourage partnerships between schools and local organizations to support learning outcomes 58

Bi ìbéèrè mìíràn Sọ̀rọ̀ sí Atiku

Kí ni ètò rẹ fún ẹ̀kọ́, àti kí ni yóò ṣẹlẹ̀ sí NELFUND tí wọ́n bá yàn ọ́?

Ibi tí èyí ti wá

Àwọn ìdáhùn síwájú sí i lórí Ẹ̀kọ́