LASU CLARIFIES RULES ON INDECENT DRESSING, EARRINGS, NECKLACE

OJO, Lagos, Nigeria – Management of the Lagos State University, LASU has come out to clarify what constitutes ‘Indecent Dressing’ on campus.

“Management wishes to state categorically that extant constituents of inappropriate dressing are as contained in the Students’ Code of Conduct Form which was considered and approved at the 232nd Statutory Meeting of Senate on Thursday, 29th September, 2016 and is available on the registration portal”, LASU said.

According to LASU the following constitute inappropriate modes of dressing by students which shall attract sanctions from the University: Wearing transparent dresses, mini and skimpy skirts/dresses, and other clothes revealing sensitive parts of the body; Wearing tattered, dirty jeans with holes or obscene subliminal messages; Wearing “baggy”, “saggy”, “yansh,” “ass level” and over length trousers.

Others are wearing tight fitting apparels that reveal body shape and contours of the body, wearing T-Shirt and Tops with obscene, obnoxious or seductive inscription, wearing of loose tie, folding, holding and pocketing of tie, wearing shirts without buttons, improperly buttoned, rolling of sleeves or flying collar and wearing of face Caps or complete covering of face.

Also prohibited are piercing of body and tattooing, wearing of ear rings by male students, wearing of nose ring, very big, dropping ear rings and necklaces by female students, wearing of distractive knocking shoes like stiletto heels to lecture rooms and the Library is frowned at and students may be denied admittance to such places.

Plaiting, weaving, bonding of hair by male students, Knickers, tight shorts and slacks are allowed only for sports, wearing of slippers is not allowed and wearing of lousy, unkempt, extremely bogus hair or artificial hair.

“For the avoidance of doubt, there is no rule in Lagos State University forbidding female students from wearing earrings and necklaces. Equally, there is no rule forbidding female students from wearing natural or artificial hair below shoulder level”, the school said.