The management of Lagos State University
LASU, recently issued a ban on indecent
dressing on campus ( in case you missed it ).
Now it has come to clarify the ban, stating that
female students may wear necklaces on
campus but they must not be “very big”.

In a statement issued, the LASU management
urged undergraduates to read the Students
Code of Conduct Form of September 2016 to
know what is categorised as “inappropriate
dressing”.
The statement read in part;

“The attention of University
Management has been drawn to
misgivings on the part of students
regarding the constituents of
‘Indecent Dressing’ and the
implementation of the rules
pertaining this,”
“Management wishes to state
categorically that extant
constituents of inappropriate
dressing are as contained in the
Students’ Code of Conduct Form
which was considered and
approved at the 232nd Statutory
Meeting of Senate on Thursday,
September 29, 2016 and is
available on the registration
portal.
“For the avoidance of doubt, there
is no rule in Lagos State
University forbidding female
students from wearing earrings
and necklaces. Equally, there is no
rule forbidding female students
from wearing natural or artificial
hair below shoulder level.

“Item 11 is not in reference to
necklaces as such, but to very big
dropping necklaces; just as item
16 has nothing in common with
item q. subsection xix of LASU’s
Code of Conduct for Students in
the Students’ Handbook, 2016
where ‘hair attachment beyond
shoulder length’ is mentioned,
and which has been invalidated
by the amendment of September
29, 2016.
“What we have witnessed in
recent days are products of
misinterpretation on the part of a
few officials and amplification of
these minor misunderstandings by
scaremongers.”