Tina Amanda
Students of Niger Delta University owned by the Bayelsa State Government have staged a peaceful protest in Amassoma and Yenegoa, the State Capital, over what they called ‘demeaning policies’ like wearing of School uniforms.
One of the newly introduced policies is a compulsory dress code for the Students, a development the Students considered as strange and unnecessary.
According to the School authority, Engineering Students will henceforth wear carton colour trouser/skirt with white shirt, and a matching carton colour tie/scarf on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
On Tuesdays, the Students are expected to wear blue jeans and red t-shirt, while on Friday, they are to adorn a “simple traditional attire” to School for lectures.
Some Students in the faculty of Engineering said the policy is not only childish but shows that the Management of the University is beginning to lose focus of its mandate.
