The Tertiary Institution Staff Support Fund (TISSF) loan approval and disbursement process is progressing steadily across Nigerian universities, though with variations in how offer letters are being issued to successful applicants.
Findings indicate that while some universities have fully integrated the TISSF loan system into their internal approval processes—allowing beneficiaries to receive and accept their offer letters directly on the TISSF portal via their dashboards—others have commenced distribution of offer letters via email beginning this week.
At the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) and a few other institutions, beneficiaries confirmed that once their bursars approved their applications, they were able to access and accept their loan offers directly on their dashboards, after which disbursement followed promptly.
However, at universities such as the Federal University Dutsin-Ma and several others, successful applicants began receiving their letters of offer through official emails this week, marking a new phase of the loan rollout.
Beneficiaries explained that the process is being handled in phases to ensure due diligence, transparency, and proper coordination between universities and the Bank of Industry (BOI), which manages the disbursement.
Some staff whose dashboards displayed “Disbursement in Progress” have already confirmed receiving their funds, particularly those using GTBank and Fidelity Bank accounts.
The Tertiary Institution Staff Support Fund (TISSF) is a federal initiative established to enhance the welfare and professional development of academic and non-academic staff of tertiary institutions through affordable loan facilities.
