{"id":33870,"date":"2017-04-12T14:32:59","date_gmt":"2017-04-12T14:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/nigeria-road-safety-commander-cut-hair-of-female\/"},"modified":"2017-04-12T14:32:56","modified_gmt":"2017-04-12T14:32:56","slug":"nigeria-road-safety-commander-cut-hair-of-female","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/nigeria-road-safety-commander-cut-hair-of-female\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria road safety commander cut hair of female employees"},"content":{"rendered":"

{Nigeria’s road safety organisation has disciplined a senior commander after he was filmed punishing female employees by cutting off their long hair.}<\/p>\n

Photos showing the male commander taking a pair of scissors to the women’s hair at an inspection parade sparked outrage online.<\/p>\n

There are rules governing the hairstyles of female staff at the Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC).<\/p>\n

But a spokesman said the officer’s action was “outside” the FRSC mandate.<\/p>\n

Lauretta Onochie, an aide to Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, condemned the haircuts as a “humiliation of women” in a post on Twitter.<\/p>\n

Andrew Kumapayi, regional commander for the FRSC in the southern Rivers State, reportedly carried out the punishment at an early-morning parade in the city of Port Harcourt on Monday.<\/p>\n

He has not given any comment.<\/p>\n

An official guide for female staff at FRSC parades says they must “maintain a hairstyle that can be tucked into their beret”, but does not mention a ban on long hair.<\/p>\n

A Facebook post containing photos of the incident has now been deleted from the organisation’s official page, though the pictures have been shared thousands of times on social media.<\/p>\n

The post said that Mr Kumapayi was carrying out a “hair, uniform and fingernails inspection” of staff.<\/p>\n

Other officers involved in the incident had also been recalled, FRSC spokesman Bisi Kazeem told the state-run News Agency of Nigeria.<\/p>\n

An investigation was under way and “appropriate sanctions” would be taken against those involved, he added.<\/p>\n

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Source:BBC <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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