Senate on Tuesday committed to 3rd reading a bill that seeks to protect students in the nation’s tertiary institutions .
The bill titled ‘A Bill for an Act to prevent, prohibit and redress sexual harassment of students in tertiary educational institutions and for matters connected therewith, Bill, 2020’ was sponsored by the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie-Omo Agege representing Delta central and Co sponsored by 105 other senators.
A journal of Reproductive Health revealed that 4 out of 10 students in tertiary schools are sexually harassed by their lecturers and fellow students. .
Omo Agege’s bill followed a BBC investigation that revealed alleged sexual misconduct by lecturers in Nigeria and Ghana. .
Under the proposed law on sexual harrasment, lecturers could face 14 years in jail for having sexual relationship with students.
