ASUP president seeks dress code to check unethical dressing in tertiary institutions

NATIONAL President, Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), Mr Usman Dutse, has called for reintroduction of dress code in tertiary institutions to check immoral and unethical dressing among female students.

Dutse made the call on Tuesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.

The ASUP president said that some students deliberately dress awkwardly to classes, thereby provoking their male colleagues and lecturers.

“When the issue of dress code was introduced some years ago, it was received with mixed feelings; but actually, this is one of the reasons why dress code should be adopted.

“Dress code will check the excesses of female students in all institutions and will compel them to dress properly at all times to avoid sexual harassment and rape.

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“Any form of indecent dressing is a means of instigation; not only to lure their male colleagues, but anybody around. And that is why we have many instances of rape and abuses.

“Parents should also advise their children to dress decently and neatly to avoid all these kinds of abuses,” Dutse said.

He urged students to work hard and study harder to avoid harassment, saying these things only happen when students are looking for ways to cut corners to get good grades.

“Students nowadays are lazy; they are looking for shortcuts to get grades, and that is why these things are occurring. But if they can face their books and study hard, I doubt if these things will continue,” he noted.