The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Muhammed Idris, says introduction of the Nigerian Educational Loan Fund (NELFUND) is to ensure that no Nigerian child is denied access to quality higher education.

Idris, stated this on Monday in Ibadan at a Town Hall meeting organised by the Ministry to sensitise the public on the midterm achievements of President Bola Tinubu’s administration.

9news Nigeria reports that the theme of the sensitisation campaign is ‘Tinubu Administration’s Mid-Term Report.’

Idris, who was represented by the Head of Federal Ministry of Information in Oyo State, Mr Moses Oyelade, said that the country had suffered a regime of haphazard human development indices over the years.

According to him, the nation’s Human Development Index (HDI) was not what it should be, therefore President Bola Tinubu resolved to address the challenge.

He said that this resolve of President Tinubu was what activated the NELFUND initiative.

Idris asserted that over 5,000 students of the University of Ibadan in Oyo State have benefited from NELFUND.

The minister further said that the President Tinubu administration had been working assiduously and through its policies and programmes transforming the country.

He said that the town hall meeting was meant to present the stewardship of President Tinubu’s administration in the last two years.

In his presentation, the event’s Resource Person, Dr Solomon Oyeleye, who is the Acting Director of Parents’ Engagements and Alumni Relations, Caleb University, Lagos, lauded the economic-policies of the Tinubu administration.