The University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) has prohibited signing on T-shirts, parading with security escorts, and gatherings of final-year students after exams.
The total ban on the traditional “sign-out” activities by final-year students was announced in a statement issued by the Dean of Student Affairs, Prof. C. C. Wokocha, on Thursday, October 2, 2025.
The institution also urged parents and guardians to stay away from examination venues, noting that the ban takes immediate effect from October 2, 2025.
The statement read, “from today, 02/10/2025, the ceremony of signing out by final year students in the University of Port Harcourt is hereby banned, totally.
“There will be no signing on T shirts in any of the final year exams or within the premises of the exam venue.
“Any student whom comes to write final year examination with security personnel will have his/her car impounded.
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“Members of any security agency whom escort any final year student to the examination hall will be arrested and handed over to the Commissioner of Police in Rivers State.
“All gathering of final year students after their final year examinations, is henceforth prohibited; all parents and guardians of final year students are advised to keep away from the examination venues.
“Any Photographer who sets up a platform during any final year examination will be arrested. Note: Any student or group of students found violating this will face the Students. Disciplinary Committee. This takes immediate effect, starting October 2, 2025.”
Further, the management warned that any student or group found violating the directive will face the Students Disciplinary Committee.
