Improper Dressing: Alex Ekwueme Varsity Students, Staff To Pay N10,000 Fine

The Vice Chancellor, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike Ikwo, Prof Sunday Elom, maintained that the committee on improper dressing on campus which was set up by the school management is still fully in place and any student or staff found dressing improperly would pay a fine of N10,000 for each offence.

The Vice Chancellor who reiterated the school’s position on improper dressing during the 11th matriculation ceremony of the institution at the School main campus said that the ugly trend of students activities and behavior on campus has led to deteriorating discipline and disorderliness in the university.

The indecent clothing on campus as outlined by the management includes wearing of transparent dresses, dirty jeans with holes, or obscene subliminal messages, tattered clothes, baggy and saggy clothing and tight fitting apparels.

Others include; shirts, tops and caps with obscene write ups that suggests membership of a secret cult, shirts, tops and caps with obscene write ups bearing obnoxious/seductive inscription, piercing of body and tattooing, wearing of necklaces and nose ring by students and artificial dreadlocks hair or coloured artificial hair.

Prof Elom said that 5,097 freshmen are joining the institution out of the over 15,000 candidates who applied to study in the university.

The Vice Chancellor maintained that the institution has absolute zero tolerance for cultism, examination malpractices, bullying, ‘sorting’, campus prostitution/sex-for-grades adding that the management will not hesitate to sanction offenders accordingly.

He also assured the students of adequate security within the campus. “Dress the way you would like to be addressed. I wish to assure you of adequate security on campus.

He urged the students not to hesitate to report any suspicious activities, intimidation and harassment of any sort to the Dean of Students’ Affairs, security officers, SERVICOM or any staff of the University for immediate action. As my children, my phone number is 08032686617.

Prof Elom stated that all the academic programmes in the institution have the approval and accreditation of the National Universities Commission (NUC) and other relevant professional bodies like the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN), Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN), Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) and Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria.

“I am particularly excited because we have students from virtually every part of the country. These freshmen are also joining our University at a time we have adopted Blended Learning in our academic activities.