General News of Saturday, 13 April 2019Source: Graphic.com.ghNDC TEIN urges government to settle students loan arrearsMatthew Opoku-Prempeh, Minister of EducationThe University of Ghana (UG) branch of the Tertiary Education Institutions Network (TEIN) of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has urged the government and the Students Loan Trust Fund to settle all student loan arrears within a week. According to the statement, the loan fund was established to serve as a responsible vehicle to provide equal financing of tertiary education to alleviate the financial difficulties that students encounter. It said the fund managers, in recent times, had failed to pay eligible students their loan amounts, two weeks after the beginning of each semester in line with the fund’s terms and agreements. Unfair treatmentIt said the government had committed resources to the payment of allowances to other allied tertiary education students while others had been neglected. The TEIN warned that such repeated delays in the payment of the loans will no longer be countenanced by students across the country, hence the one-week ultimatum.

Source: GhanaWeb April 13, 2019 10:52 UTC