Many students of the Federal University, Otuoke in Bayelsa State were on Tuesday sent back home by officials of the institution over indecent dressing on campus.
The officials of the SERVICOM unit under the office of the vice chancellor of the institution, at about 7 am, mounted vigilance at the entrance of the institution and picked out students found breaching the dress code.
Most of the students found allegedly breaching the dress code were those with tinted hair and coloured hair.
Others include female students wearing leggings, tight jeans and male students with saggy jeans.
It was learnt that a lecturer and top member of the institution’s Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Socrates Ebo, had earlier on the official social media handle of the institution, reminded students to follow the university’s dress rules.
He was said to have informed the students that only suits, trousers, shirts, skirts, blouses, gowns, and native wear are allowed on campus.
For shoes, only sandals, covered shoes, canvas, and sneakers are permitted on campus. He also said body-revealing clothes, ripped Jeans, and dying hair are no longer allowed.
“Many believe this kind of dress code should be adopted in all universities to promote discipline and proper appearance among students,” he said.
The action of the university’s authority has expectedly sparked varying reactions among the students.
While some applauded the action, others urged the management to focus attention on more serious issues affecting students.
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“It’s a welcome development, I just hope the management of the university continues with this new development.
“The improper dressing is becoming too much, mostly among the newly admitted students. Kudos to the SERVICOM boss for taking the bull by the horns to sanitise the university system,” a student who gave his name simply as Douglas, stated.
But another student, Lucky Ebidou, expressed reservations over the development, and called on the institution’s management to adopt the same zeal shown against indecent dressing to tackle issues of over-congested lecture rooms and lack of power supply on campus.
Another student, Egbegi Edeinbofa, also called the attention of the institution’s management to issues of over-congested lecture rooms and poor health facilities,
“Where students buy drugs with their own money, and the fact that this institution doesn’t have light should be addressed,” he said.
