{
  "id": 19188946,
  "title": "Presidential aide urges Kwara students to access NELFUND loans",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/presidential-aide-urges-kwara-students-to-access-nelfund-loans-19188946",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-09T18:20:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
    "slug": "punch",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/presidential-aide-urges-kwara-students-to-access-nelfund-loans/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Presidential aide Sunday Asefon has encouraged students in Kwara State to utilize the Nigerian Education Loan Fund and various other government schemes.\n\nSeparately, Dr. Samuel Ayeh, a presidential aide, dismissed criticisms from the New Patriotic Party and the Minority in Parliament regarding the alleged irregular issuance of 10 service passports. Speaking on JoyNews’ The Pulse, Ayeh stated that the Foreign Affairs Minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, possesses the legal discretion under Section 7 of the Travel and Passport Certificate Law to issue such passports to individuals he deems deserving.\n\nThese comments follow a disclosure from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding preliminary investigations into suspected irregularities involving alleged illegal payments to a syndicate since 2023.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "Passport controversy: NPP’s calls to blame Foreign Affairs Minister lack merit – Presidential aide",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/passport-controversy-npps-calls-to-blame-foreign-affairs-minister",
        "published": "2026-11-09T16:50:39.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}