While the issue of indecent dressing continues to be of great concern to society at large, many look on helplessly as the Youth, particularly students in our tertiary educational institutions continue to flout all rules of decency in the name of modernity and fashion.

Some years back, some Universities in Nigeria introduced dress codes for their students with the aim of ensuring that they dress decently on campus. Some human rights activists have also expressed concern that such codes infringe on the rights of the students.

Dresses are getting more abbreviated, tighter, more transparent and generally more revealing. Necklines are getting lower, blouses are getting smaller and waistlines of trousers are getting lower by the day. In short, clothes worn by our youth, particularly females are getting more daring with some bordering on the provocative.

Clothes that would have raised eyebrows a few years ago are today seen as the norm. Unfortunately, many of our young ladies have discarded the known traditional ways of dressing for the more liberal, but often less decent Western style of dressing. There seems to be no shame at all about revealing body parts in ways that cause embarrassment to onlookers. It is not uncommon to see a lady's waist beads or underpants freely showing above the waistline of her trousers as she walks by. There may be an added treat to the onlooker as the upper half of her breasts are openly displayed through the very low neckline of her blouse.

The sad aspect is that many of such ladies walk by completely oblivious of the shock on the faces of some onlookers. While a number of people seem to have gotten used to these clothes due to regular exposure, many others are still at pains to overcome their embarrassment any time they are faced with such uncomfortable spectacle. While some levels of indecency could be overlooked, others are outright vulgar and meet with adverse comments.

It is sad to say that some parents actively condone the indecency by buying these less-than-decent clothes for their children in a bid to satisfy their desire to be trendy. These worrisome clothes have gained so much acceptability in our society that many traders find it profitable to import them for sale on the local market. To give a further boost to their patronage, there is a ready supply of cheaper versions of the more expensive ones worn by known celebrities of the Western world with whom the youth are proud to be identified. T shirts with provocative and sexually suggestive inscriptions add to the range of indecent apparel that our youth embrace with relish.  
Recently An OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY (OAU) part one student on the 20th of January 2017 came into a class dressing indecently. According to sources, on sighting her, the class was immediately thrown into commotion. 
Just last week, the picture a female student also from OAU dressing indecently went viral on the internet.

The question is, is indecent dressing becoming a normal phenomenon in a high esteemed school like OAU?

What is The Obafemi Awolowo University school authority doing to curb indecent dressing in the school?

Is Nigeria loosing its cultural dignity?