The Management of Benue State University (BSU) has banned dreadlock hairs, make-up, skirts above knees and certain other dress codes it describes as inappropriate and indecent.
On Saturday, January 13, the task force set up to enforce the directive warned that the institution would sanction any student found violating the approved dress code.
It said: “The Task force writes to address students on the dress code and artificiality both on campus and off-campus as follows:
Boys: No sagging; no make-up; no dreading of hair (dada); no dyeing of hair (coloring of hair); no wearing of shorts/three quarter trousers to lectures; no leaving of hair uncombed; no wearing of armless shirts; no wearing of earring; no plaiting of hair; no keeping of heavy beards; no wearing crazy trousers, and other indecencies.
Girls: No body hug; no wearing of armless clothes; no dyeing of hair (coloring of hair); no wearing short; no exposure of sensitive parts of the body; no leg chain; no nose ring; no putting of multiple earrings (only one pair allowed).
No folding of shirts on a trouser or skirt, only black and brown color attachment is allowed; no wearing of crazy trousers; no wearing of skirts above the knees; no wearing of leggings without long top (shirt) and other related indecencies.
The task force urged students should adhere to the rules, warning that failure to comply will attract sanctions from the university management.