INDECENT DRESSING BANNED FROM UNILAG

The Management of the University of Lagos has issued an ultimatum on indecent dressing in the University to undergraduates. The message was passed across to the students through a circular and the management stated saying, "“indecent modes of exposure do not reflect the seriousness, dignity and character-moulding nature of the institution.”

 

The management also issued a warning to undergraduates to avoid putting on tight cloth lines that will expose sensitive parts of their body.

Further statement on the circular reads: 

“It has been observed that some male and female students of the University of Lagos dress indecently on campus, even to lectures. Indecent dresses are either too tight, too short or expose sensitive parts of the body". 

“Students should maintain a clean and well-cared for appearance in all settings on campus. Wearing of tight, strapless and revealing clothes whose length are above the knees are inappropriate.” the circular read.

To make it more serious, the management published the following rules to compensate the warnings issued, saying Male and Female UNILAG students are not allowed to wear the following:

i. All tight-fitting clothes including skirts, trousers and blouses

ii. All clothes, which reveal sensitive parts of the body such as the bust, chest, belly, upper arms and the buttocks. Example of such dresses are transparent clothing, spaghetti tops, tubes and. Skirts and dresses with slits above the knees fall in this category.

iii. Outfits such as knickers and mini-skirts, dresses, which are not at least, knee length.

iv. Inappropriate outfits e.g party-wear, beach wear and bathroom slippers should not be worn to lectures.

v. Outfits such as T-shirts, skirts and jeans, which carry obscene and subliminal messages.

vi. Trousers such as hip-riders and low waist jeans.

 

Pictorial document of school management declaration on indecent dressing

The management also made official the outfit appropriate for matriculation and graduation ceremonies mandating students to wear academic gowns on a black or grey suit.

Lecturers and administrators have also come to an agreement to exclude students from academic activities if they are not properly dressed.