{"id":15764,"date":"2023-05-01T13:20:01","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T13:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=15764"},"modified":"2023-05-01T13:20:01","modified_gmt":"2023-05-01T13:20:01","slug":"atbu-bans-kissing-sagging-tattoos-dreadlocks-to-rusticate-students-found-wanting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=15764","title":{"rendered":"ATBU bans kissing, sagging, tattoos, dreadlocks, to rusticate students found wanting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"auto\">ATBU bans kissing, sagging, tattoos, dreadlocks, to rusticate students found wanting<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">\n<p dir=\"auto\">\n<p dir=\"auto\">By News Desk<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">\n<p dir=\"auto\">\n<p dir=\"auto\">Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, ATBU, Bauchi, has said it would henceforth rusticate any students who violates the university code of conduct and dress code as contained in the revised student\u2019s handbook.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">\n<p dir=\"auto\">\n<p dir=\"auto\">The revised rules are contained in an internal memo signed by the dean of Students Affairs of the university, Professor U.S. Abdullahi, dated April 27 and addressed to the president of the Students Union Government and all students of the university.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">\n<p dir=\"auto\">\n<p dir=\"auto\">The dean warned the students and members of the university community against violating the rules, approved during the 161st regular Senate Meeting of the institution held on April 13, 2023.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">\n<p dir=\"auto\">\n<p dir=\"auto\">The memo reads: \u201cI write to inform you that the University Senate has approved the revised Student Handbook at its 161st Regular Senate Meeting held on Thursday, April 13, 2023.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">\n<p dir=\"auto\">\n<p dir=\"auto\">\u201cThe following are extract of the 30 most salient misconducts from the revised Handbook,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">\n<p dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">According to the memo with REF:ATBU\/SAD\/SUG\/VOL 11\/0113 posted on the Facebook page of the university, any student found guilty risks one or two semesters of rustication, depending on the offence.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_15767\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15767\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15767\" src=\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ATBU-memo-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ATBU-memo-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ATBU-memo-696x928.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ATBU-memo-315x420.jpeg 315w, https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ATBU-memo.jpeg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15767\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The ATBU memo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The memo also said unwelcome touching, kissing, hugging, massaging, or sitting on the laps of opposite sex attracts two semesters rustication.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The memo further said multi-coloured hair for females, dreadlocks, sagging, engaging in reckless driving, tattoos, and extra piercing in the nose, eye and mouth attract one semester suspension.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Other offences include wearing tattered jeans, backless clothes, off shoulder clothes, hair braiding for male students, and bum shorts, among other offences also attract one semester suspension.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">When contacted, the secretary general of the student union government, SUG, ATBU chapter AbdulRauf Al-Amin,confirmed the authenticity of the memo.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He, however, said the new rules are not alien to the students.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<p dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cWe received the memo from the university last week, which I personally shared with the students across various platforms; most of the things contained are not new, it was only reviewed,\u201d he said<\/div>\n<p dir=\"auto\">\n<p dir=\"auto\">\n<p dir=\"auto\">Daily Nigerian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ATBU bans kissing, sagging, tattoos, dreadlocks, to rusticate students found wanting By News Desk Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, ATBU, Bauchi, has said it would henceforth rusticate any students who violates the university code of conduct and dress code as contained in the revised student\u2019s handbook. 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