Kogi State University: War Against Indecent Dressing
Students and workers of the Kogi State University (KSU) have been directed to dress decently. The directive is from the management and a task force has been set up to implement the instruction to arrest anyone dressed indecently. Irked by the high number of students wearing provocative outfits, especially female students, in the school, the institution has come out with a dress code. The information about the dress code was contained in a memo signed by KSU Registrar Dr Abubakar Iduh, and dated April 12. The memo which was divided into two categories – ‘outlawed outfits for male students’ and ‘outlawed outfits for female students – aims to impact students positively. It was gathered that the directive does not exclude workers who have been repeatedly urged to be role models to students. Some of the outlawed dressing codes for males include: plaiting of hair and curly outlook; appearing in dirty and tattered jeans; and putting on dark or welder-like glasses. For...