The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Bauchi Zone has rejected the students’ loan scheme of the federal government, noting that non-refundable grants should be given to Nigerian students instead of loans.
The ASUU Bauchi Zonal Coordinator, Lazarus Maig-oro, disclosed this while speaking at a scholarship-for-indigent-student programme held at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi.
According to him, “The question is: who will pay the loan? What is the fate of those who cannot access it? The psychological trauma the students will be subjected to due to the loan while still in studies will affect their performance negatively
The fact that they will graduate with a loan of N4 million & above without the capacity to pay back will be another psychological torture for students”
Furthermore, he stated that those who cannot access the loan due to the stringent conditions attached virtually means dropping out of school.
