Nigeria’s road safety organisation has disciplined a senior
commander after he was filmed punishing female employees by cutting off their
long hair. Photos showing the male commander taking a pair of scissors to the
women’s hair at an inspection parade sparked outrage online.
There are rules governing the hairstyles of female staff at
the Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC), but a spokesman said the officer’s action
was “outside” the FRSC mandate. Lauretta Onochie, an aide to Nigerian President
Muhammadu Buhari, condemned the haircuts as a “humiliation of women” in a post
on Twitter.
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. He has not given
any comment.
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.
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