Wednesday 20 August 2014

Renewed call for dress code, as breast war, lap show turn campus to red light zone




Dressing to kill has become the new fashion sense among campus ladies. Students throw decency to the dogs, as they bare it all, exposing erogenous and juicy parts of their bodies in order to look sexy. In fact, not even a monk can ignore the tempting parade of luscious ladies who step beyond the borders of decency to win admiration.
Our reporter gathered that 

these ladies seem to be winning their ‘look and get lost’ game, as countless men dump their books to lust for illicit sexual pleasure on campus. It was revealed that whenever a male student pays the popular compliment, ‘you look so sexy’ to these ladies, they giggle in excitement and pride, turning their bushy eyelids seductively for more flattering comments.
The prevailing rate at which students dress the ‘way they like’ without regulatory measures being put in place is stealing the concentration of male lecturers in lecture halls, as well as the male students. Indecent assaults on females, lustful glances, illicit sex, sex for grade and other amorous trades have turned higher institutions to gleeful cities of sin.
Fatumbi Ayomide, a 400-level student of Mechanical Engineering, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH, Ogbomoso, Oyo State described indecent dressing as a growing norm among students nowadays. According to her, the wave of fashion craze on campus is sweeping many female students into the flood of concupiscence.
“Students, especially females, dress the way they like in and outside the campus. As students, I believed we should not be taught how to read and write only in schools but also how to promote our culture and traditions of our society by the decent way we dress and conduct ourselves,” she said.
Ayomide urged academic institutions to sensitize students and establish a committee that will deliberate on dress code. She argued that lots of promising female students risk taking the amoral path if they are allowed unlimited freedom on campus.
One of the students, who pleaded anonymity, confessed that the seductive dressing of these ladies in lecture halls often becomes a distraction to male students and young lecturers.
“We see them clothed in various stages of nudity. What do you expect us to do? Even if you turn away your eyes, you will still be tempted to look the same direction,” he said.
Another Student, Sope Oyeniyi, 400-level student of Food Science and Engineering, LAUTECH, argued that an attempt to enforce a dress code on campus would amount to denying the students their cherished freedom.
“Everyone is free to dress the way he or she likes without hindrance from anyone. Restricting the way one dresses is unwelcome and unacceptable to humanity. It is our right to dress the way we like. No one should compel others to dress in a particular way,” she said.
However, Oyeniyi urged school authority to introduce control measures, where security guards could be instructed to prevent those that are not properly dressed from entering the school premises.
Similar views were expressed by Ayodele Olalusi, a postgraduate student of Geology, University of Ibadan, Oyo State. He argued that everyone is free to wear what befit him or her, as denying students the right to put on one particular dress would imply an encroachment on their right.
“Freedom should prevail in institutions of higher learning because the institutions are meant for mature people, not minors. I will not support any institution to implement a dress code for students neither would I encourage indecent dressing on our campus,” he said.
Investigation by our reporter revealed that certain dress code has been introduced in many higher institutions, including the Osun State College of Education, Ila-Orangun, Federal University of Technology, Minna (FUT MINNA), University of Abuja, among others.
A lecturer in the department of Local Government and Developmental Studies, The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Mr Caleb Arulogun, decried the dressing of most students on campus, describing it as unethical.
“In our campuses in Nigeria, indecent dressing has caused a lot of rancor. This type of dressing often  arouse the male folk to want to have carnal knowledge of such girls that dress in such way”, he stated.
Arulogun opined that indecent dressing does not apply to female students alone but also the male students. According to him, male students sag their trousers, plait their hairs and even wear earrings.
When the lecturer was asked if all higher institutions should enforce a particular dress code for students, he disagreed with the suggestion. He maintained that higher institutions shouldn’t be demoted to secondary schools where uniformity of dress is prevalent.
“Anyone that gets admission into higher institutions is believed to be mature enough to know right from wrong. Therefore, parents need to teach their children moral and dress etiquettes at home. Also, each institution should re-orientate students on the negative impact of immodest and improper dressing,” he advised.
Also, Sanusi Olamide, a final year student of the department of Banking and Finance, The Polytechnic, Ibadan, said most students live double-faced lives. According to him, they dress properly at home, but they throw decency to the wind on campus.
At The Polytechnic Ibadan, it was gathered that each department has a particular dress code. This dress code, according to findings, was not imposed by the authority of the school but students of each of these departments.
The Law and Health Science faculties wear specific clothes to school. Also, Law students wear white shirts and black trousers or skirts, Health Science students wear white lab coat.
A concerned student, Lawal Sulaiman, a 400-level student of Mechanical Engineering, LAUTECH, urged the management of various higher institutions to wield the big stick against dress offenders.
“These dresses among students pose serious danger to the society, as we have witnessed many cases of rape and assaults of our female students. These dresses are gifts from hell, advertising evil,” he warned.
Sulaiman said it might not be necessary to enforce a particular dress code on students, rather, he advised them to reason correctly and dress properly.
A concerned parent, Mr Omolewa Yunus, expressed his support for the implementation of a dress code on campus. He equally advised parents and school management to preserve the culture and tradition of the society, and never allow students to erode these values. He explained that students’ background often influence their dress sense.
“Inappropriate dressing by students starts at home. Though some students change when they get admission, but it should not be left only to the government and school authority. I will support the implementation of dress code for each professional course,” he explained
Another student, Adedoyin Akorede, a 200-level, Medical Rehab, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, noted that poor parental responsibility, peer pressure and environmental factors often influence students fashion life.
“The way I dress mostly has to do with my upbringing. Though there are pressure from campus, yet I can never bow to the ungodly dressing style of most female students,” she maintained.
Adedoyin stated that it might not be practicable to enforce strictly a particular dress code on students in higher institutions. However, she admitted that regulatory measures by the management of these institutions would tame the monster of indecent dressing, which is dragging several young men and women to senseless doom.
Afeez is a 200 level student of Political Science, OAU, Ile-Ife

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