UMUAHIA, NIGERIA— The Abia State Government has actually released a stern warning to administrators of public and private schools throughout the state, threatening serious legal and administrative sanctions against any institution found obtaining moms and dads through unauthorised graduation fees and ceremonies.
The policy directive was officially released on Friday, July 10, 2026, by the Public Relations Officer of the Ministry of Standard and Secondary Education, Mr Duru Marvellous, on behalf of the substantive Commissioner, Elder Goodluck Ubochi.
The state’s intervention aims to suppress the growing pattern of commercialised graduation ceremonies for non-terminal classes, a practice that has placed significant financial strain on families.
Implementing the Statutory Terminal Class Exemption Guideline
Under the freshly enhanced standards, the Ministry explicitly reiterated that graduation events are lawfully identified and approved only for the 2 terminal endpoints of the basic and senior secondary education cycles.
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Consequently, the government has actually put an absolute ban on required levies for internal shifts, categorizing them as unauthorised extortions.
Immediate Enforcement and Public Reporting Channels
The state government acted following field intelligence reports suggesting that a number of school owners were continuing to implement high, compulsory graduation costs on students moving between regular promotional classes.
To guarantee rigorous adherence, the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education has actually released tracking and enforcement groups across all city government education authorities to conduct unannounced tracking workouts.
Commissioner Ubochi prompted parents, guardians, and education stakeholders to withstand these illegal charges and actively report non-compliant organizations directly to the Ministry for prompt examination and decisive legal action.