A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC and former Kano State Director General, Tinubu/Shettima 2023 Presidential Campaign, Suleiman Rabi'u Bichi, has on Tuesday encouraged students in the Northern region on the need to access the student loan rolled out by the President Bola Tinubu's administration, saying that Islam doesn't forbids loan.
This was as he told the students not to be left behind in the initiative but they should take advantage of the loan scheme.
Bichi, who doubles as the former Secretary to the Kano State government, stated this during a sensitization programme organized for students in the state on the scheme.
According to him, "The longest verse in the Holy Quran is to do with loan. It allows people to take loan. Loan is halal and allowed in Islam. Infact, taking a loan, the person giving the loan is earning more reward than the person giving charity. I think this understanding is what has made our people to lose many opportunities. But it is permitted, allowed and halal. The thing is if you cannot pay back, don't take loan. Those who are taking loan with the intention of not paying back are the ones causing problems. For those who said you cannot take loan, I don't know where they got there own interpretation of the Quran from.
"We are here to sensitize our students to take opportunity given by Mr. President, Bola Tinubu on the student loan that has been passed into law.
"We realized some of our students are not aware of the scheme and where they were aware, they don't know how to access the loan.
"So, having seen that we have a lot of students to benefit from this student loan scheme, we decided to bring students from tertiary institutions together and expose them to the opportunities given by Mr. President so that they can apply and benefit from the scheme.
"We will take the sensitization step by step on how to apply, for those not around, we will go to their houses and their parents and inform them about this scheme. We want every students that is qualified to benefit from the scheme to come and benefit from the scheme," Bichi said.
However, while addressing students, the Director General, APC students Council, Yahaya Usman, commended President Bola Tinubu's administration for initiating the loan program, which aims to support students in achieving their dreams.
He therefore disclosed that the party organised the sensitization program to enlighten students of higher institutions in Kano State on the importance of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) and the process of accessing the loan.
On his part, the immediate past Council Chairman of Kano Municipal Local Government, Fa'izu Alfindiki urged the students to utilize the Golden opportunity by ensuring that they Apply for the NELFUND .
He lauds the APC led Administration for the foresight and commitment towards Revitalizing the Educational Sector to greater Heights.
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