A form of uproar seems to have taken over the Rivers State University (RSU) over alleged exorbitant fees charged for the 2025 graduation ceremony.

The first information report on the matter accused the university of charging N220,000 for graduation. The university immediately clarified that the N220,000 was not for all graduating students but only for the doctorate graduates.

The clarification did not however seem to douse the agitation as a groundswell has continued to build up against the fees.

The clarification showed that certificate degree graduands would pay N68,000; first degree would pay N97,000, postgraduate degrees were to pay N145,000; and doctorate degree category would pay N220,000.

Sources in the university say the 2025 fees were clearly far above the rates for previous years, but the office of the Public Relations Officer headed by Victor Banigo remained silent to inquiries all of Monday, September 29, 2025.

The concern for alleged high fees seems to escape into the town where groups have begun raising alarms. An activist, Darlington Nwauju, has gone on radio to condemn the fees, saying commercialisation of education in the State has gone to a new level.

The Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) in the state has also stepped into the matter, demanding a reversal. (BusinessDay)

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