- Safiu Kehinde
The management of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Osun State, has on Thursday come under public scrutiny following release of a controversial new dress code and rules with rustication as sanction for violators.
As contained in a now viral memo shared on X, the institution’s management had listed 21 new dress codes which also attract rustication for one semester for students who violate the code.
Also included were additional five rules with rustication for two semesters as sanction for violators.
Some of the prohibited mode of dressing and appearances with one month sanction include, sexually provocative dresses, dread locks, bomb shorts, tattoo or indelible markings for male, and multi-coloured braid for female.
Dress Code which also attract one month rustication for students include haircuts with inscriptions, heavy make-ups, rumpled and dirty clothes, hair plaiting or weaving by male students, and transparent wears amongst others.
Meanwhile, students who stand at risk of two months rustication include those with coloured hair styles, and male students with hair braiding or spangled hairstyle.
Any student who also gets caught in unwelcome touching, kissing, and hugging of opposite sex as well as massaging or sitting on the lap of opposite sex risk two months rustication.
The new dress codes and sanctions have however sparked reactions from netizens who faulted some of the regulations.
“God abeg ooh. Una mates dey build computer labs, dey integrate systems like module into their LMS, some they even run their own infra not to talk of partnerships done with corporations so that students can get free products to aid their studies, but na “bomb short” and tatoes be una problem”@Iam_fizy