The management of the Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, Kaduna State, has introduced a new dress code policy for both students and staff, saying it is necessary to maintain a professional and respectful environment on campus.
The policy, which is contained in a university bulletin issued on June 16, and sighted by our correspondent on Wednesday, prohibited a range of clothing items and styles, including shorts, skimpy dresses, body-hugging outfits, and transparent or see-through clothing.
The Bulletin has as its title: ‘Ahmadu Bello University Dress Code.’
“The Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Dress Code Implementation Committee, reconstituted by the Management, has revised the provisions of the ABU Dress Code that is applicable to both staff and students,” the bulletin reads.
The policy listed a range of prohibited items and styles, including, plaiting or weaving of hair by male students, wearing of coloured eye glasses, not on medical grounds in the classrooms, wearing of bathroom slippers to classrooms (not on medical grounds), wearing of trousers that stop between knee and ankle, having multi-colour braid for female, having coloured hair styling, having dreadlocks by male or female and spangle hair style for male.
Other prohibited items are, tattoo, piercing of body parts for lip plug/disc, mouth plate, nose ring and eyelet. Wearing of ankle chains by females, wearing of long eyelashes by females, wearing of Sagging/ass-down by both male and female, engaging in intimate open embrace (hugging/kissing), openly sitting on each other’s lap by opposite sex, and Unconventional wearing of face cap, among others.
The Policy warned that students and staff who fail to comply with the dress code would face sanctions.
“The following descriptions and elements henceforth constitute indecent and offensive dressing as well as unacceptable appearance in public spaces in the university, and are considered as acts of misconduct,” the bulletin reads. ENDS.
