Gbenro Adesina
The Authority of the Adekunle Ajasin University (AAU), Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State, has expressed deep concern over indecent dressing by the students, saying any student who dresses indecently in the school premises would be rusticated.
According to a circular signed by the institution’s Registrar, Olugbenga Arajulu, directed to all the students and titled “Penalty for indecent dressing in Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State, the decision was taken at the 171 Senate Meeting held on Wednesday August 25, 2021.
The statement, which was dated September 7, 2021, reads: “For clarity of purpose, indecent dressing includes, but not limited, to the following: wearing of skimpy skirts and blouses, leaving the cleavages open by female students, and wearing of braids or dreadlocks, earrings, nose rings, tattered jeans, sagging, by some male students.
“After a thorough deliberation on the issue, the Senate, in its wisdom, decided that the penalty for indecent dressing shall henceforth be rustication for one semester, effective from August 25, 2021.
“Any student of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, who violates the above Senate decision on indecent dressing is deem to have committed a misconduct and he/she shall be sanctioned accordingly”.
