{
  "id": 6128432,
  "title": "Student loan has no political bias — NELFUND boss",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/student-loan-has-no-political-bias-nelfund-boss-6128432",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-07T11:09:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
    "slug": "punch",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/student-loan-has-no-political-bias-nelfund-boss/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Akintunde Sawyerr, the Managing Director and Chief Executive of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund, has dismissed allegations of political bias in the student loan scheme. He dismissed the claim as \"completely ridiculous,\" stating that the electronic application process required basic information like the student's name and matriculation number, which was not programmed to detect political affiliations. Sawyerr made these remarks during an interview on Channels Television's Sunday Politics programme. He noted that the loan requests were overwhelmingly, and stressed the transparency of the scheme, which only grants applications to students deemed worthy. He further emphasized that the system does not care about a student's religious or ethnic affiliations, and does not have any opinion on whether a student is a Christian, Muslim, or practitioner of African traditional religion.",
  "summary": "NELFUND MD, Akintunde Sawyerr, debunks claims of political bias in Nigeria’s student loan scheme, emphasizing its transparent, electronic application proce Read More: https://punchng.com/student-loan-has-no-political-bias-nelfund-boss/",
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      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "Student loan has no political bias — NELFUND boss",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/student-loan-has-no-political-bias-nelfund-boss",
        "published": "2026-09-07T11:09:28.000Z"
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  "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."
}