Sports Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohammed has now said that unemployed university graduates will not be forced to repay their Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) debts. The CS said only those who are employed will be tracked to repay the funds so that others can benefit. Read: 74,000 HELB defaulters to be tracked down - CS AminaOkisai urged HELB to write off the loans issued to the affected students. “These students are jobless and helpless, where are they going to get the money to repay the loans yet their courses have been outlawed,” he said. The two leaders condemned remarks made by Mohamed that the 74,000 HELB defaulters will be tracked down by police, arrested and compelled to repay the loans.

Source: The Star March 04, 2019 10:41 UTC