Federal Government Vows Clampdown on Sexual Harassment of Students in Universities Campuses
Federal Government has warned members of the academia and the university community in the country, over sexual harassment of students on campuses.
Education Minister, Professor Tahir Mamman vows to evoke the long arm of the law to ensure that perpetrators are adequately punished, adding that no one will be allowed to take advantage of the vulnerable groups.
The minister gave the warning while speaking to newsmen on the sideline of receiving the report of the committee on alleged sexual harassment in his office in Abuja.
He said that sexual offenses units will be established in the ministry and all institutions of higher learning to deal with the menace.
Mamman said, sexual harassment is a serious criminal offence and must be dealt with decisively, when and whenever it occurs.
Ministry of Education will do everything humanly possible to tame the ugly tide in the nation’s institutions of Higher Learning.
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He noted that the offence of sexual harassment is cancerous and must be eliminated at all cost, adding that all hands must be on deck to tackle the menace in our educational system.
The Minister maintained that the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is out to protect the vulnerable groups within the country’s educational system.
While reiterating that he will invoke the long arms of the law to ensure that perpetrators are adequately punished, the Minister added that no one will be allowed to take advantage of the vulnerable groups.
He further disclosed that sexual offences units will be established in the Ministry and all institutions of Higher Learning to deal with the menace.
Earlier in the presentation of her report, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. Florence Banku Obi, told the Minister that the university has followed all due processes in handling the matter, including the suspension of the suspect, appropriate queries and setting up of a disciplinary committee to hear from all parties
