Calabar, April 7, 2023 – The University of Calabar has banned indecent dressing by students and staff of the university.
Prof. Patrick Egaga, the Director of the University SERVICOM, announced the ban in a statement in Calabar on Friday.
He said that the directorate had noticed with grave concern the increase in indecent, provocative and unofficial dressing mostly by students and some female staff of the institution.
“Specifically, short skirts or gowns, above the knee, open backs, crop tops, braless tops and gowns, spaghetti finger, sleeveless tops, handless gowns, bikinis, see-through, transparent, apparels and revealing contours are no longer tolerated on campus
“Others are handless gowns, bum short revealing laps, slit skirts, body hugs, V-necks exposing breasts, tubes, strip-less, rag jeans, shorts above the knee, sleeveless shirts, singlets, lingerie, sagged trousers and others”.
Egaga said that all these would no longer be allowed on campus with effect from Tuesday, May 2, 2023 and consequently, any student or staff member clad in the regalia or paraphernalia listed would be denied access into any of the university facilities or be appropriately sanctioned.
“A combined security and administrative task force will be constituted to monitor compliance,” he said.
Egaga enjoined female students and staff to imitate the dressing culture of the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Florence Obi, and her deputies.
He also called on male students and staff to model their dressing pattern after the University Council Chairman, Gen. Martin Luther-Agwai (retd.), and the Registrar, Mr Gabriel Egbe. (GBN)
