SIWES Stipend Alert: ITF Begins Random ₦15k Payments to 2022–2025 Students After NANS Pressure – Older Graduates Still Waiting

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Nigerian students are celebrating and questioning in equal measure after the Industrial Training Fund (ITF) began disbursing the long-overdue ₦15,000 SIWES stipend to select students from the 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 batches. The payments, which started landing in accounts in recent days, are arriving randomly and have left many surprised. The development follows sustained pressure from the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS).

Social media has been flooded with confirmation posts. Some students who completed their industrial training as far back as 2022 reported receiving the money this week, while others from the same institutions and batches are still waiting. Most of those paid so far finished their SIWES around September or October 2025, although the ITF is also clearing some earlier backlogs.

The ₦15,000 figure is the official ITF training allowance, calculated at ₦2,500 per month. Students on a six-month placement receive the full amount; those on four months get ₦10,000. Attachments shorter than the funded duration are generally ineligible. In theory, the stipend should be paid shortly after students complete the compulsory industrial attachment and their schools submit the required documents — logbooks, ITF Form 8, placement forms and accurate bank details. In practice, payment has never been guaranteed.

For years the allowance has been treated as a matter of luck. Delays often stretch into years, and many graduates who completed SIWES between 2015 and 2019 say they have never received a kobo. ITF sources have previously blamed the chronic shortfalls on insufficient government funding, schools failing to submit complete student records on time, and slow verification processes.

NANS has kept the pressure on. In December 2025 the association publicly urged the Federal Government to investigate the habitual delays. By January 2026 it escalated its demands, calling for a forensic audit and the removal of the ITF Director-General while estimating that only a minority of eligible students were being paid. On 2 July 2026, NANS launched an official verification portal so unpaid students could submit their details for compilation and escalation to the ITF.

How to Complete the NANS SIWES Payment Verification

Students who finished SIWES or Industrial Training but have not received their ITF allowance can still register on the free official portal. The process is straightforward:

1. Visit the official portal at https://itf.nanshq.org

2. Fill in the verification form with accurate personal information, academic details (institution, matriculation number, academic session of SIWES/IT) and placement organisation information.

3. Upload the required documents: a recent passport-style photograph (JPG, PNG or WebP, maximum 5MB) and your SIWES acceptance or completion letter if available (JPG, PNG, WebP or PDF, maximum 5MB).

4. Submit the form. You will receive a unique reference code via email as proof of submission.

5. NANS compiles all verified submissions and engages ITF officials on behalf of affected students. Updates are sent by SMS or email.

The portal is completely free. NANS has warned students to ignore any third-party sites or individuals demanding payment or login details. Only use the official link. For enquiries, contact [email protected].

The Industrial Training Fund was established in 1971 under Decree No. 47 to promote skills acquisition and industrial training. SIWES remains one of its core student-facing programmes, yet the ₦15,000 rate has not been reviewed for years despite inflation and rising living costs. A university vice-chancellor recently described the amount as inadequate and called for an upward review.

Students are now asking the obvious questions: Was this wave of payments triggered purely by NANS advocacy, or does election-year politics play a role? And why are payments still selective even within the same institutions and batches?

Those still unpaid are advised to confirm with their institution’s SIWES unit that all documents were properly submitted, complete the NANS verification if they have not already done so, and follow up with the nearest ITF area office. Full clearance of the multi-year backlog will require more consistent funding, tighter administrative coordination and greater transparency from the ITF.

The sudden appearance of the ₦15,000 credits has given thousands of students a long-awaited boost. For many others, especially those who finished years earlier, the wait continues.