Abia bans cash payments in Nursing/Midwifery schools
From Boniface Okoro, Umuahia
Abia State government, on Monday June 26, 2023, banned parents, guardians and students from paying school fees in cash to authorities of state-owned Nursing/Midwifery institutions.
Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Kazie Uko, who made this known in a statement in Umuahia, warned that any other mode of payment would be unacceptable.
The three-paragraph statement reads: “The Governor of Abia State, Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, has directed the payment of fees accruing to all the state-owned Nursing/Midwifery institutions to designated bank accounts.
“Consequently, the General Public, especially Parents, Guardians and Students of all the state-owned Nursing/Midwifery institutions are hereby informed that starting from the 27th of June 2023, all fees must be paid through the bank to a designated UBA account that will be found in the Acting Principal’s office of each institution.
“Any cash payment made by or on behalf of any student outside of this designated bank account will not be acceptable. Please be guided.”
The move is seen as part of efforts to plug all leakages of revenue collection in the institutions.
