ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, has banned ‘indecent dressing’ by students on its campus.
The announcement was contained in an internal memo signed by the Registrar of the institution, Dr. Sydney Enyindah, on Friday.
The university said the ban was with immediate effect.
Enyindah explained that the Senate of the university took the decision at its meeting on 29 September, 2022.
He said the items considered indecent on campus included gowns with tiny shoulder straps (spaghetti gowns), short skirts, bum shorts, blouses that expose the navel (belly button) or breast, leg chains, and long eyelashes.
Others were tattoos, nose rings by both sexes of students, earrings by male students, tinting of hair in different colours, sagging of trousers, wearing of torn jeans trousers and bathroom slippers.
The News Agency of Nigeria quoted him as saying: “Students are hereby directed to take note and comply accordingly as enforcement of the directive will begin immediately.”