A college in Nigeria aroused indignation after a video grew to become viral exhibiting that the scholars have been touched to see in the event that they wore bras earlier than collaborating in an examination.
In the film, the feminine workers of the University of Olabisi Olabanjo within the state of Ogun southwestern is seen touching the chest of some college students whereas rowing to enter a examination room.
The college has not but commented on the video, however a scholar defended the coverage of the bra as a part of the establishment’s clothes code aimed toward sustaining “an atmosphere with out distractions”.
However, he acknowledged that different methods have been wanted to implement the coverage that was condemned by criticism as archaic, sexist and in comparison with sexual assault.
A excessive officer of the Human Rights Network campaigns informed the BBC that college students may sue the college for violating their rights.
“The unjustified touches on one other individual’s physique are a violation and will result in authorized actions. The college is flawed to undertake this methodology to curb the indecent costume,” mentioned Haruna Ayagi.
A scholar who didn’t need to be named informed the BBC that the college utilized a rigorous ethical code regardless of not being a non secular establishment.
He mentioned their garments have been at all times checked.
In response to the protests, the president of the University of the University, Muizz Olaunji, declared on X that the University has promoted “a coverage of the clothes code aimed toward sustaining a respectful and with out distraction atmosphere, encouraging college students to decorate modestly and in step with the values of the establishment”.
He added that politics was not new and the union had “dedicated himself to the establishment to discover different approaches to face the indecent dressing, specializing in respectful and dignified interactions between college students and workers”.
He additionally revealed the clothes code, which included the ban on all garments “able to doing the identical reverse intercourse for the craving after the coed in an indecent method”.
The college was based in 1982 as Ogun State University when Olabisi Onabanjo was state governor. He was renamed in 2001.
