Parents in Abia State risk been persecuted for not sending their children and wards to school starting from January 1, 2025.
This was contained in a statement by Abia State Commissioner for Information, Okey Kanu at the Government House, Umuahia, on Monday.
Briefing journalists on the outcome of this week’s State Executive Council meeting presided over by Governor Alex Otti, Kanu said the government will prosecute parents who fail to send their children or wards to school.
According to the Commissioner, the decision was part of the ongoing reforms in the educational sector of the State Government. He stated that the issue of poverty is no longer a reason for non-acquisition of free and basic education in Abia State.
Kanu stressed the need for parents to take advantage of the tuition-free policy in the state to send their children and wards to school. He, therefore, warned that defaulting parents would be prosecuted in line with the Abia State Child’s Law 2006.
“In line with the Abia State Child’s Law 2006, it will now be an offence for parents not to send their children and wards to school in Abia State.
“Education is free in Abia State up till the end of Junior Secondary School. There is no reason whatsoever why parents will not send their children to school.
“So, as from the 1st of January 2025, when this policy will fully come into effect, defaulting parents will be prosecuted under that law,” the Commissioner said.
Kanu reiterated that the relocation order of the Umuahia campus of the Abia State University to Uturu remained irreversible. He, however, assured all affected stakeholders that fears and anxieties generated by the relocation order would be addressed.
The Commissioner further added that Governor Otti has directed the State Commissioner for Works to ensure that the failing flyover at Osisioma is repaired immediately. He noted that the order was to forestall loss of lives under the flyover that was constructed by the immediate past administration.
source: Daily Post
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