The management of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State, has banned hugging, kissing, heavy makeup, and indecent dressing on campus.
The institution approved the proposal for the review of dress code for students, which was drafted by the Division of Student Affairs (DSA) in May 2023 after it was perused by the Legal Review Committee of the institution.
The review prescribed one semester rustication for sexually provocative dresses, backless clothes, transparent wears, off-shoulder clothes, bomb shorts, tattered jeans, dreadlocks, faring for male/cowries for female, micro/mini/skimpy dress, sagging for male/female and hair braiding for male.
Also, one semester rustication was set for nose, mouth, eye, extra rings, unconventional wearing of face cap, tattoo/indelible markings for male, crop/jump tops, multi-coloured braid for female, haircuts with inscriptions, T-shirts with obscene inscriptions depicting immorality, hooliganism, etc., heavy make-ups, rumpled and dirty clothes and hair plaiting or weaving by male students.
It was noted that any student found guilty of violation of coloured hair styles, hair braiding for male, spangled hair style for male, unwelcome touching, kissing and hugging of opposite sex and massaging or sitting on the lap opposite sex in the university risks rustication for two semesters.
A memo with reference number R/DCA/C/ lB/XVI/12/266 dated June 13, 2025, which was signed by the Registrar of the institution, K. A. Bakare, approved the review.
