Author: Constance Meju

Civil Society Stakeholders in Rivers State have rejected the Tinubu administration Students Loan Scheme as announced, saying it offers no real solution to the current crisis in the country’s education system. The stakeholders drawn from executives of non-governmental organisations in the state, lawyers, academia, media and students of tertiary institutions in honour of the third anniversary of a former frontline human rights activist in the Niger Delta, late Comrade Anyakwee Nsirim Ovu at his Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Complex, Rukpokwu Port Harcourt, pointed out flaws in the loan policy. They described the eligibility criteria as restrictive and…