OMG: Ex-Students Blast Covenant University for Shaving Hair Of Undergraduates


Nigerians and former students who graduated from Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State have lambasted the school for shaving hair of students.
Convenant University students whose hair were shaved
 
Some ex-students of Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, have criticised the institution for shaving the alleged bushy hair of its male students.
 
Social media erupted some days ago after the photos surfaced online. It was gathered that the students were forced to sit in a hall as a man used a hair clipper to pluck hair off the middle of their heads under the supervision of some staff members.
 
Nigerians and alumni of the school criticised the institution for allegedly using a single unsterilised hair clipper on all the students on the grounds that they might contract diseases in the process.
 
An alumnus, Okoli Offorbuike blasting the institution wrote: “After seeing this act carried out in my Alma Mater, I began to ask myself that maybe calling students kings and queens in Covenant University is just a mere cliché. The Bible says faith without work is dead. I will say Covenant University, without respect for the dignity of students, is no different from other universities.
 
“Where did the student affairs get the idea of shaving students’ hair off? This is one (Adeboye) of the leading fathers of faith in Africa, yet he keeps his hair…he is a king and heavily anointed and everyone agrees to that.

“This is one of Bishop Oyedepo’s full-fledged mentors, T.L. Osborn, on full-fledged Afro. He was still a king and a great preacher. Could we call him unkempt? How less bushy is Bishop Oyedepo’s hair in these pictures and was he less a king? If none could shave off his hair disgracefully, then why should it be done to students in his school? This is injustice.”
 
Another alumnus, Matthias Hungbo added: “It’s appalling that people say keep to the rules and regulations, but in all honesty, there’s no rule as to what height of hair should be kept. It just says keep a low cut and the boys always keep their hair well. The management is just passing on its anger as a result of the embarrassment it faced in FT (Faith Tabernacle) the previous day since some students didn’t bring Bible. It is sad and even more sad because I feel nothing will be done about it.”
 
 
A woman, who claimed to have studied Mass Communication at the school, Chimdimma Christiana, said some of its rules and regulations did not justify the vision of the school.
 
Another ex-student, Daniel Uzor, posted on Facebook that although he was proud of being a graduate of the university, he was disappointed at the shaving of the students’ hair.
 
“I don’t see how keeping of hair affects religious values or academic performance. No one is saying you shouldn’t uphold your values, but please, at least, accord people respect and dignity,” he added.
 
One Mo’Miss @Modupeee also tweeted that shaving people’s hair without their consent was an assault.
 
A Facebook user, Chidiebere Elendu, said the university’s management should be cautioned by the relevant authorities, noting that the school did not factor in health implications of using an “unsterilised” clipper for all the affected students.
 
He said, “What excuse will the school authorities give should these students contract some transmittable diseases from the barbing exercise? Sometimes, I can’t stop wondering if the same Christianity being practised today was the same as the one Christ and the apostles preached.”
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