[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.]  Omoyele Sowore [@YeleSowore](/creator/twitter/YeleSowore) on x 1.1M followers Created: 2025-07-25 19:04:15 UTC At Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) @OAUniversity , they say the dress code memo isn’t theirs, yet in the same breath, they admit they’re working on one. What kind of intellectual contradiction is this? Only in a university run by academic loafers would a fake memo spark outrage, only for the management to turn around and say, “Actually, we’re planning something like that anyway.” You disown a dress code today, only to threaten students with a new one tomorrow? Unserious people masquerading as serious administrators. This isn’t about morality or decency; it’s about control, laziness, and distraction from the real issues: poor infrastructure, underfunded faculties, unpaid lecturers, and outdated libraries. If only the same energy went into academic excellence, student welfare, students' freedom of association, or research innovation. Obafemi Awolowo University should be known for Great Ife critical thinking, not for becoming the fashion police. #GreatIfe "THE management of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) has distanced itself from the widely circulated memo on social media outlining a strict dress code for students. The university spokesperson, Abiodun Olanrewaju, speaking with The ICIR on Friday, July 25, labelled the purported dress code as fake and not originating from the university. The alleged circular had triggered significant backlash and outrage among students and online commentators. The controversial memo, which quickly gained traction on various platforms, particularly X, was first disseminated by an account which bears the university name but the university has now distanced itself from the account. The memo detailed prohibitions on “indecent dressing,” including restrictions on ripped jeans, leggings, spaghetti tops, and certain hairstyles. The PRO urged the public to disregard the circular, confirming that neither the registrar nor himself had any knowledge of its issuance. “For the time being, I would like people to disregard it in its entirety — that particular circular. The registrar doesn’t know anything about it. I don’t know anything about it either,” he affirmed, adding, “If such a directive were to come out, it would be duly signed by either myself or the university registrar.” While dismissing the circular, the PRO did confirm the university’s intention to introduce an official dress code in the near future. “But definitely, we are coming up with our own dress code, because we really don’t want our students to just dress anyhow, so that it does not undermine the moral sanctity of the university environment. But for now, that one is not from us.” #greatife #dresscode_fashion, XXXXXX engagements  [Post Link](https://x.com/YeleSowore/status/1948821617523499259)
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Omoyele Sowore @YeleSowore on x 1.1M followers
Created: 2025-07-25 19:04:15 UTC
At Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) @OAUniversity , they say the dress code memo isn’t theirs, yet in the same breath, they admit they’re working on one. What kind of intellectual contradiction is this?
Only in a university run by academic loafers would a fake memo spark outrage, only for the management to turn around and say, “Actually, we’re planning something like that anyway.”
You disown a dress code today, only to threaten students with a new one tomorrow? Unserious people masquerading as serious administrators.
This isn’t about morality or decency; it’s about control, laziness, and distraction from the real issues: poor infrastructure, underfunded faculties, unpaid lecturers, and outdated libraries.
If only the same energy went into academic excellence, student welfare, students' freedom of association, or research innovation.
Obafemi Awolowo University should be known for Great Ife critical thinking, not for becoming the fashion police. #GreatIfe
"THE management of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) has distanced itself from the widely circulated memo on social media outlining a strict dress code for students.
The university spokesperson, Abiodun Olanrewaju, speaking with The ICIR on Friday, July 25, labelled the purported dress code as fake and not originating from the university.
The alleged circular had triggered significant backlash and outrage among students and online commentators. The controversial memo, which quickly gained traction on various platforms, particularly X, was first disseminated by an account which bears the university name but the university has now distanced itself from the account.
The memo detailed prohibitions on “indecent dressing,” including restrictions on ripped jeans, leggings, spaghetti tops, and certain hairstyles.
The PRO urged the public to disregard the circular, confirming that neither the registrar nor himself had any knowledge of its issuance.
“For the time being, I would like people to disregard it in its entirety — that particular circular. The registrar doesn’t know anything about it. I don’t know anything about it either,” he affirmed, adding, “If such a directive were to come out, it would be duly signed by either myself or the university registrar.” While dismissing the circular, the PRO did confirm the university’s intention to introduce an official dress code in the near future. “But definitely, we are coming up with our own dress code, because we really don’t want our students to just dress anyhow, so that it does not undermine the moral sanctity of the university environment. But for now, that one is not from us.” #greatife #dresscode_fashion,
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