The management of Godfrey Okoye University (GO-UNI) has introduced dress code, banning female students and staff from wearing tight trousers and shorts to lectures and work.
Also, the university stated that fixing finger nails, eye lashes, and other artificial materials on the body will no longer be allowed in the university.
According to the GO-UNI management, ‘Other members of the university were getting distracted by such acts.’
Godfrey Okoye University, which belongs to the Catholic Diocese of Enugu, was founded by Reverend Father Professor Christian Anieke. It got its operational licence on November 3, 2009 from the National Universities Commission (NUC).
Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Christian Anieke, announced the dress code while addressing staff and students of the university and its group of institutions.
He warned that the management would not tolerate staff or students who wear tights and other materials that expose the sensitive parts of their body,
Anieke made it clear that only black and brown hairs would be allowed on campus.
Two weeks ago, the University of Calabar (UNICAL), Cross River State, introduced dress code to address the issue of indecent dressing around the campus, banning short skirts, handless gowns and other alleged provocative dressing.
Director, Service Compact (SERVICOM) of the University, Professor Patrick Egaga, stated: “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.
The Godfrey Okoye University Vice Chancellor also announced that henceforth, students will be expected to wear their faculty uniforms from Tuesdays to Fridays, noting the directive follows the abuse of the approval for students to wear cultural attires on Fridays.
He further warned that the exchange of pornographic materials is a taboo in the institution.
Anieke also advised the staff of the group of institutions to be proactive and cover their lectures as the management would not have any excuse in case of disruption of the university’s academic programmes.
Also, the VC warned final year students against plagiarism, stressing that the university librarian had been directed to carry out plagiarism tests on all research works by the students and staff of the institutions.
Anieke asked the students to report any staff of the institutions who frustrate them in the completion of their projects.
He, therefore, gave the staff and students one month to adjust to the new rules or be disciplined.